Nassau police arrested a Bellmore teenager in connection with a hate crime in Merrick on Friday night.

Frank Carney, 16, was charged with menacing as a hate crime for and aggravated harrassment allegedly harassing a 22-year-old man on Alice Avenue. The man was approached by a dark colored Nissan whose  occupants were yelling anti-gay slurs, according to 1st Squad detectives.

The vehicle stopped and two men, one of whom was yielding a knife, got out and chased the victim. The victim ran to a nearby house and rang the doorbell, and the suspects got back in the Nissan and fled the scene. The victim was not injured.

Carney was arraigned Saturday morning at First District Court in Hempstead.

The investigation is continuing. Detectives request anyone with information regarding this crime to call Crime-Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.