Man Charged In North Sea Assault, Recreational Facility Burglary: PD

HAMPTON BAYS, NY — A Hampton Bays man was arrested and charged in relation to both an assault at a North Sea home and a burglary at the Southampton Youth Services recreational facility, police said.

Miguel Leone-Rojas, who has no known address, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 12 just after 8 p.m. following a report that he had physically assaulted a man in a North Sea home — a violation of an order of protection — and fled before authorities arrived, Southampton Town police said.

Leone-Rojas, who also uses alias names of Antonio Rojas, Toni Rojas, Toni Leone, and multiple combinations of the name, was located a short while later and arrested, police said. His initial arrest charges were third-degree assault and second-degree contempt, both misdemeanors, police said.

Detectives then learned that Leone-Rojas had also broken into the SYS building, located on Majors Path in Southampton, during the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 12, police said.

Leone-Rojas stole property from SYS and caused significant damage within the building, police said. Leone-Rojas was charged with two additional counts of third-degree burglary and one count of third-degree criminal mischief, all felonies, and one count of petty larceny, a misdemeanor, police said.

He was processed at Southampton Town police headquarters and taken to Southampton Town
Justice Court, where bail was set, and he was transferred to the Suffolk County Jail in Riverhead, police said.

Anyone with information on any criminal activity is asked to call the Southampton Town police at 631-728-5000, the Southampton Town police department's detective division at 631-702-2230, or the crime hotline at 631-728-3454. All calls will be kept confidential. People can also email crimetips@southamptontownny.gov.