Three Jersey Guys Turn Themselves In For St. Patrick's Day Fight

Yesterday, the NYPD announced the arrests of three suspects wanted for last week's St. Patrick's Day brawl in Midtown. Police say the three alleged attackers turned themselves in.

According to the NYPD, a verbal dispute had occurred at O'Brien's Irish Pub, at 134 West 46th Street, between two 17-year-old males and three male suspects. The argument "escalated" and police say that the suspects were "kicking, punching and striking the victims with bottles in front of the location" before fleeing.

The police released surveillance video of the suspects, who were all wearing Jets jerseys with the numbers 12 (for Joe Namath?), 23 (for Shonn Greene?) and 87 (for Eric Decker? Or Laveranues Coles?). And then someone else got video of the fight:

Louis Rezzonico, a 21-year-old Jersey City resident; Perry-Michael Rezzonico, a 17-year-old Wayne resident; and Nelphy Peralta-Reyes, a 17-year-old Wayne resident were charged with assault.

According to the Daily News, prosecutors said that Louis Rezzonico started the fight by punching one of the victims: "Peralta-Reyes broke a bottle over one victim's head and kicked him in the face — breaking his jaw, Meyer said. She said Perry-Michael Rezzonico also punched one of the victims, breaking an orbital bone."

However, the suspects' lawyer claimed "the apparent victims were actually the aggressors. [Matthew] Mari said they were with a larger group when they started the fight inside of the bar." Mari said, "The so-called victims were the bullies in the bar — they started the flight inside and were kicked out. My guys were ambushed. At the beginning they were on the bottom, at the end they were on top."