Three adults involved in a brawl outside New Britain High School Wednesday faced a judge.
Anthony Gutierrez, Brunilda Merced, and Brenda Alvarado were arraigned by a New Britain Superior Court judge.
Gutierrez is the uncle of two of the students involved in the fight. Merced is their grandmother. Alvarado is the students' mother.
They were three of the 11 people arrested when students were being dismissed Wednesday.
Court documents released Thursday said the fight started as a verbal altercation during dismissal time and escalated quickly.
School Resource Officers tried to diffuse the situation…. when 3 adults related to students involved in the fight allegedly charged the officer.
A mother of one of the students was tased in the incident after court documents say the officer asked them to back up, but did not follow the command and continued walked towards the officer.
Police say Gutierrez was observed swinging a knife back and forth at a crowd of students. One student appeared to have an injury consistent with a knife cut.
The fight was caught on cell phone video shot by a witness.
NBC Connecticut spoke to family members off camera about why the fight started. They said Alvarado's kids were being bullied and students wanted to fight them. They tell us her kids called to alert her of the situation.
The family said Gutierrez, Alvarado and Merced were defending the students being bullied.
There was also extra security at New Britain High School Thursday.
Gutierrez is being held on the $250,000 bond. Merced is being held onto $75,000 bond. Alvarado was held onto $75,000 bond but posted bond Thursday evening.
All three adults are scheduled back in court April 14.
