By PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A father was granted bail yesterday after being accused of neglecting his eight-year-old son by leaving him alone in Nassau Village.

Prosecutors allege that the 36-year-old defendant, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of the child, abandoned his son on September 15.

Police were dispatched after concerned citizens noticed the child wandering the area unaccompanied.

The man pleaded not guilty to a charge of cruelty to children before Magistrate Abigail Farrington.

Bail was set at $2,000 with one or two sureties. He must sign in at the East Street South Police Station every Friday by 7pm.

The trial is scheduled to begin on October 21.

Assistant Superintendent of Police K Bould was the prosecutor, while Alphonso Lewis represented the accused.