When members of the family of 1 Georgia paving firm empire noticed a rival family-owned firm doing enterprise on their turf, issues reportedly received ugly.
The New York Post summed up the incident this manner: “The Buckland boys thought EH Paving was being ‘disrespectful’ by working so near one of many Bucklands’ homes — and so they allow them to know in a means that will make Paulie Walnuts proud.”
Within the extra prosaic phrases of a Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace, on Dec. 19, EH Paving was engaged on the job of paving a driveway in Bolingbroke, Georgia, when at about 1 p.m. three vehicles pulled up on the job website, based on WMAZ-TV.
The property proprietor informed deputies six members of the Buckland household introduced bats, sticks, and different weapons to the dialog. The Bucklands personal quite a few paving firms within the space.
Monroe County Sheriff Brad Freeman summed up the fracas by saying it was “like one thing out of the Sopranos TV collection.”
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— New York Submit (@nypost) December 30, 2024
One particular person on the receiving end of the go to informed police that “the primary purpose for the struggle right now was as a result of paving so near Michael Buckland’s home and the Buckland’s discovered it ‘disrespectful’ that they received the job,” the report stated, based on People.
Monroe County Sheriff Public Info Officer Anna Greene Watkins stated, “Issues like this often don’t occur right here in Monroe County.”
Eddie Harrison, who owns EH Paving, stated “he was scared Mark Sr was going to shoot him as a result of Mark Sr pulling an extended ‘cowboy type pistol’ out and pointing it in his face,” the police report stated.
“Harrison said Willy Buckland Sr hit his son within the head with a bat,” the report stated.
“Harrison additionally said Willy Jr. and [James Small] jumped on his different son Eddie Harrison Jr. and struck him a number of instances with fists and a bat. Harrison said Luke Buckland struck his nephew Eddie Jack Harrison with a bat,” the report stated.
The report stated that there have been guns on either side, noting that an worker of EH Paving fired a gun — aiming at close by woods — to scare off the attackers, based on WMAZ
“These are grownup males, too. Grownup males with fairly good reputations,” Freeman stated.
Staff of EH Paving suffered bumps and bruises, with one going to the hospital.
Jail records present that Mark Buckland Sr., 77, faces prices of felony trespass, pointing a pistol at one other particular person, and tampering with proof.
His son, Mark Buckland Jr., 58, faces prices of felony trespass, easy battery, and inciting a riot, Folks reported.
Willy Buckland Sr., 50, faces prices of felony trespass and aggravated assault. Willy Buckland Jr., 22, Luke Buckland, 28, and James Small, 21, face prices of straightforward battery and felony trespass.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.
