Six family members in the Georgia asphalt business are accused of attacking employees from a rival company with sticks and bats in broad daylight because they felt disrespected, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Mark Buckland Sr., 77, Mark Buckland Jr., 58, Willy Buckland Sr., 50, Willy Buckland Jr., 22, Luke Buckland, 28, and James Small, 21, were arrested and charged in connection with an alleged Dec. 19 attack on employees from EH Paving at a property in Bolingbroke, according to an incident report obtained by PEOPLE.
One of the victims told deputies that “the main reason for the fight today was due to the paving so close to Michael Buckland’s house and the Buckland’s found it ‘disrespectful’ that they got the job,” the report alleges.
The alleged attack is “like something out of the Sopranos TV series,” Monroe County Sheriff Brad Freeman told local outlet WMAZ.
“These are adult men too,” Freeman said, WMAZ reports. “Adult men with pretty good reputations.”
Monroe County Sheriff Public Information Officer Anna Greene Watkins tells PEOPLE, “Things like this usually do not happen here in Monroe County.”
The incident unfolded just after 1 p.m. on Dec. 19, when the owner of a property on Estes Road called 911 saying a group of men in three trucks pulled up, got out of the vehicles carrying sticks and bats and began arguing with men from EH Paving, who were working on his driveway, according to the report.
The men from EH Paving “backed up the driveway and attempted to retreat until there was nowhere to go,” the homeowner told the deputy on scene.
He said the alleged attackers “were swinging bats and hitting the men” from EH Paving.
One of the men from the EH Paving took out a gun and shot it into the woods in an attempt to stop the fighting, according to the report.
Eddie Harrison, the owner of EH Paving said “he was scared Mark Sr was going to shoot him due to Mark Sr pulling a long ‘cowboy style pistol’ out and pointing it in his face,” the incident report alleges.
“Harrison stated Willy Buckland Sr hit his son in the head with a bat,” the report claims. “Harrison also stated Willy Jr. and [James Small] jumped on his other son Eddie Harrison Jr. and struck him multiple times with fists and a bat. Harrison stated Luke Buckland struck his nephew Eddie Jack Harrison with a bat.”
After Mark Buckland, Jr. told the deputy he had been punched in the mouth, the deputy asked Mark him why he and his family were at the property on Estes Road.
Mark Buckland, Jr. was allegedly unable to give him an explanation, saying it was “just a misunderstanding,” according to the report.
Mark Buckland Jr. owns Houston Asphalt in Macon, according to the report. Mark Buckland Sr. and Willy Buckland, Sr. own asphalt companies as well, the report says.
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Mark Buckland Sr. is charged with criminal trespass, pointing a pistol at another person and tampering with evidence, according to the incident report.
Mark Buckland Jr. is charged with criminal trespass, simple battery and inciting a riot.
Willy Buckland Sr. is charged with criminal trespass and aggravated assault.
Willy Buckland Jr., Luke Buckland and James Small are charged with simple battery and criminal trespass.
They were released on bond after spending two days in jail, according to online jail records.
It is unclear whether they have retained attorneys.
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