ICYMI: Police Responding to Kids Throwing Rocks at Cars Find Their Father About to be Shot Up With Heroin

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in Farmingdale Patch.

BY: RYAN BONNER

NORTH MASSAPEQUA, NY – Two young boys throwing rocks at cars drew police to a parking lot in North Massapequa, where police say they found the boys' father about to be injected with heroin Tuesday afternoon.

Police responded to the parking lot of 893 N. Broadway on a report of two male juveniles throwing rocks at passing cars shortly before 1 p.m.

Upon arrival, the officers discovered two children, 6 and 8 years old, standing near a parked van. Police then found that the children’s father, Daniel P. Bosco, 40, was sitting in the front passenger seat of the van with the door open, and Daniel J. Barberis, 40, was standing in front of him, preparing to inject him with heroin, police said.

Both men were placed under arrest without incident, and the children were transported from the scene and left in the custody of a family member, police said. No injuries were reported.

Bosco, of North Oak Street in North Massapequa, is charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Barberis, of North Maple Street in North Massapequa, is charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument.

Both men will be arraigned on Wednesday at First District Court in Hempstead.

NCPD photos: Daniel Bosco (left) and Daniel Barberis