An East Islip 18-year-old pointed a BB gun at a driver who was tailgating him on the Southern State Parkway, according to state police.
Nicholas Hollifield pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.
The incident happened Thursday afternoon in the westbound lanes of the parkway, near Exit 32.
Hollifield was found on Carlisle Road in Wantagh and arrested.