Police officer charged in cutlass attack

NASSAU-A police officer accused of cutting a man on his face with a cutlass has been charged with causing harm.

Chad Brown, 32, was among a team of officers deployed to Abaco from New Providence to maintain order after Hurricane Dorian.

Brown is accused of injuring Germaine Ferguson, a security guard at the Schooner Bay Resort, on November 10, 2019.

Brown denied the charge at arraignment and has been freed on $1,000 bail.

He returns to court for trial on March 10.

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