By Jim Clark

Somerville police were dispatched to a residence on High Street in the early hours of Monday this week in response to reports of noise and a possible fight underway at this location.

Upon arrival, police reportedly observed approximately a dozen people on the front porch and the stairs of the residence. Loud screaming and what appeared to be at least two males fighting on the right end of the front porch were also observed, police said.

According to reports, officers immediately went to work separating up the two individuals who were fighting, Spencer Bullock, 20, and Corey Bullock, 22, both of Boston. Another individual, Kevin Joseph, 23, was reported as continuing to shout and urge the two others to continue fighting, in spite of police efforts to defuse the situation, police said.

One officer asked Corey Bullock if he lived at the residence and he responded by thumping his chest against the officer and behaving boisterously, according to police, and he was ordered into the house.

Kevin Joseph reportedly kept agitating for fights and officers again had to break up an impending melee between Joseph and Spencer Bullock, according to police. As officers intervened Spencer Bullock reportedly bumped one of them once again and said “back up old man before you get hurt.” The officer reportedly asked Spencer Bullock to back up but he refused. The officer then administered a short burst of pepper spray, police said, and then he was handcuffed and placed into the police cruiser as the officer was being shoved and harassed in the process.

A mobile detention unit was called in to help with calming the situation down, according to reports.

One juvenile on the scene was reportedly screaming and behaving violently, so he was handcuffed and placed inside the mobile detention unit, police said. The crowd on the scene reportedly pawed at the officer, dislodging his microphone, and reportedly grasping his hand in order to prevent him from handcuffing the boy, according to reports.

Kevin Joseph reportedly continued to verbally harass the police officers and he was asked several times to quiet down, but he advised police that he was a criminal justice major and that he knew there was nothing they could do because he enjoyed freedom of speech.

More backup police units arrived and the disturbance was eventually put under control.

Spencer Bullock was placed under arrest and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Corey Bullock was placed under arrest and charged with disorderly conduct. Kevin Joseph was placed under arrest and charged with threat to commit a crime, aiding escape from an officer, and disorderly conduct.