Fountain Police prevented a fight today between two groups of men armed with weapons.
Police said they confiscated two baseball bats, a 24-inch machete, a metal pipe and a tire iron after arresting five men ranging in between the ages of 19 and 22.
According to police, the suspects had scheduled the fight through text messages.
Arrested were Joshua Seaman, 19, Tony Pinnegar, 22, Antonio Archuleta 21, Brandon Strickland, 19, and Luis Nieves, 20. Each suspect was wielding a weapon when police arrived, a news release from the Fountain Police Department said.
Arriving at the 100 block of Cherry Circle at 12:50 p.m., officers saw the armed men challenging each other to a fight in the street, the release said.
The proposed fight began to take shape when a text was allegedly sent from two of the suspects challenging another to a fight, police said. The suspect who received the challenge brought two more men to the scheduled brawl.
All suspects were released on charges of disorderly conduct, police said.
