A Brackenridge man arrested in August on charges he used an ax to break through a door because he was angry that his housemates weren’t chipping in enough to pay the bills has been arrested again.

David Hood Monroe, 64, of the 1100 block of Roup Avenue is accused of threatening a borough employee Tuesday, Sept. 19 with a BB gun that looked like an authentic large-caliber pistol.

He is charged with two counts each of simple assault and disorderly conduct, and counts of institutional vandalism and indecent exposure.

He was being detained in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of a $25,000 cash bond to await a Sept. 27 preliminary hearing before District Judge Carolyn Bengel.

In the August incident, Monroe was charged by Tarentum police Aug. 21 with a felony count of aggravated assault, along with counts of making terroristic threats and simple assault.

He was taken into custody Aug. 23 and detained in the county jail after a judge ruled he was a threat to the community and denied setting bail.

Bail was again denied during an Aug. 29 hearing before an Allegheny County Court judge. Monroe was released from jail following a second bail hearing Sept. 6 during which a judge changed his bond to nonmonetary, court records show.

A hearing before Bengel for the felony and other charges filed Aug. 21 is scheduled for Oct. 18.

The charges were filed after one of Monroe’s housemates told police he used an ax to knock her bedroom door off its hinges after an argument about the amount she and another housemate were contributing toward the bills, police said.

Monroe is accused of threatening to kill the woman and the officers who responded to the house, according to court documents.

Most recent charges

Tarentum police wrote in Monroe’s arrest papers that on Tuesday, two Brackenridge public works employees were driving in a truck along Vermont Alley when Monroe, who is one of the employee’s neighbors, starting yelling and asking if his neighbor was in the vehicle.

The man told his co-worker to stop the truck, but they quickly drove off and called 911 when they saw what appeared to be a large-caliber handgun in Monroe’s hand, the complaint said.

Responding officers found Monroe in Vermont Alley, which is behind his home. They ordered him to the ground at gunpoint and handcuffed him.

Monroe told police he didn’t have a gun. But an officer found a “large black handgun” on a desk in Monroe’s garage, the complaint said.

Police said the gun was a Brodax .44 Magnum CO2-powered BB gun.

Monroe was charged with institutional vandalism and indecent exposure after he was placed in a cell to await booking. Police said he defecated on a bench and used his feces to write on the wall, the complaint said.

Tarentum police took over patrol duties for Brackenridge after the two departments consolidated in August.

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