A Manhasset man was charged by Nassau County police Saturday with endangering the welfare of a child and menacing after an incident in which he allegedly pointed a gun at a 6-year-old boy, who had mistakenly left a Halloween goody bag filled with candy on his front porch.
Police said a 42-year-old mother was driving her two sons, daughter a nephew to a friend’s address on Rockcrest Road on Oct. 28 at 7:25 p.m. in Manhasset when the daughter, 10, and son, 6, approached a house. They rang the doorbell and left a goody bag with candy for Halloween on the porch before going back to the car.
The mother then drove down the block when the daughter realized the address might have been wrong. They turned back to the house and the 6-year-old son got out of the vehicle and went to the porch to retrieve the bag. At the same time, the door opened and Michael Yifan Wen, 43, allegedly pointed a black handgun at the 6-year-old’s head, police said.
The police were called and he was arrested without incident, charged and arraigned in court Sunday.