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Man arrested in slashing at Merrick bar

A South Farmingdale man has been accused of slicing open another man's face with a beer bottle in a fight outside a Merrick bar early Sunday morning, Nassau County police said.

Police charged James Fontana, 42, with assault and criminal possession of a weapon after officers caught him running from Jugs and Stroker's Bar at 1828 Sunrise Hwy. at 1:50 a.m.

Police said Fontana swung the...

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