A 43-year-old Long Beach man was arrested Saturday after police say he walked into a woman\u2019s East Hills home without permission, blocked her from leaving and then shoved her down a flight of stairs. The woman suffered minor injuries, and both she and the suspect were taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation.<\/p>\n
Nassau County police identified the man as 43-year-old Shawn Morgenroth and said he took the woman\u2019s phone and stopped her from getting away before the alleged assault, according to News 12<\/a>. Officers later found Morgenroth hiding in the home\u2019s basement, where they say he threatened them while holding a metal object, and used an electronic control device, commonly known as a Taser, to bring him into custody.<\/p>\n Local reporting places the incident at an East Hills residence around 5:28 p.m. Saturday and notes that officers ultimately tracked Morgenroth to the basement before arresting him. As reported by Daily Voice<\/a>, police say he is facing burglary, robbery, assault, aggravated criminal contempt, unlawful imprisonment, criminal mischief and weapons-possession charges, and that he will be arraigned when medically practical.<\/p>\n Charges and Legal Status<\/p>\n Nassau County police also told News 12<\/a> that investigators determined Morgenroth had violated a valid order of protection. These remain allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n Police Response and How to Report<\/p>\n Anyone with information is asked to contact Nassau County Police detectives or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers. The department\u2019s contact page lists the Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-800-244-TIPS and the main switchboard at 516-573-8800, according to Nassau County Police<\/a>. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 43-year-old Long Beach man was arrested Saturday after police say he walked into a woman\u2019s East Hills…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-288121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}