40 to 50 Fight at Local Establishment

deputies say 40 to 50 people were involved in an affray at a local night club. Authorities were called to Elixir about 2 a.m. Sunday to a report of 20 to 30 people fighting in the parking lot.

When police arrived, the crowd began to disperse and security notified deputies of a man who allegedly started the first fight. He and another man were arrested as a result of the incident, but not before two deputies were injured and their property damaged.

Authorities say Marcus Deonte Aimes, 22, of 3090 Campbellton Road, Atlanta, was screaming at a group of people and pushed his way through the crowd to begin a fight with another man. The deputy reported Aimes resisted arrest, necessitating two burst of pepper spray.

It eventually took two officers to subdue Aimes and the responding officer reported four men jumped on his back to prevent the effort. One of those accused of jumping on the officer, Aimes' brother, Whitney Darrell Ross, 25, of 6486 Lendell Lane, Morrow, also was arrested.

A second fight in the parking lot occurred before officers could gain control of the scene.

Aimes was charged with fighting in a public place, felony obstruction of an officer and interference with government property, while Ross was jailed on two counts of obstruction of an officer, one of which is a felony, and fighting in a public place.

Aimes told police his tooth was chipped during the incident. Read the full report completed by the responding officer attached to this article.