{"id":288441,"date":"2026-04-27T18:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288441\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:33:09","slug":"long-beach-man-arrested-after-alleged-break-in-assault-in-east-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288441\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach man arrested after alleged break-in, assault in East Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"700\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-943697000-1-1-2.webp.jpeg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"A man was arrested in East Hills for allegedly breaking into a home, assaulting a woman and violating a court-issued order of protection.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A man was arrested in East Hills for allegedly breaking into a home, assaulting a woman and violating a court-issued order of protection. <\/p>\n<p>Schneps Media Library<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"191\">A Long Beach man was arrested after allegedly breaking into a home in East Hills, assaulting a woman and violating a court-issued order of protection, Nassau County police said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"348\">Officers responded to a 911 call at a residence on Canterbury Lane in East Hills at about 5:28 p.m. Saturday, April 25, according to detectives.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"569\">Investigators said the suspect, identified as 43-year-old Shawn Morgenroth, unlawfully entered the home of a 39-year-old woman without permission. Once inside, the two became involved in a verbal dispute that escalated, they said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"788\">Police said Morgenroth forcibly took the victim\u2019s cellphone and prevented her from leaving the residence. The confrontation turned physical, and he allegedly pushed the woman down a flight of stairs, causing injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"1011\">Responding officers later found Morgenroth in the basement, where authorities said he was holding a metal object in a threatening manner. Officers used an electronic control device to subdue him and take him into custody.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1013\" data-end=\"1109\">Both the victim and Morgenroth were taken to local hospitals for evaluation and treatment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1216\">Further investigation determined that Morgenroth had violated an active order of protection, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1496\">He faces multiple charges, including burglary, robbery, assault, aggravated criminal contempt, unlawful imprisonment, criminal mischief and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1498\" data-end=\"1569\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Morgenroth will be arraigned once he is medically cleared, police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was arrested in East Hills for allegedly breaking into a home, assaulting a woman and violating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[237,3484,123445,131,133,132,123446],"class_list":["post-288441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-arrest","tag-break-in","tag-east-hills","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-roslyn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288441","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=288441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}