Is this Georgia, or Jersey?
A family of angry masons wielding baseball bats, sticks, and a lever-action rifle allegedly launched a Sopranos-style assault on a rival paving company outside Macon, Georgia when they saw the competitor doing a job near one of their homes.
Cops collared six members of the Buckland family Dec. 19 after the bloody, broad-daylight beatdown on guys from rival EH Paving at a Monroe County job site, according to WMAZ.
“Like something out of ‘The Sopranos,’” Monroe County Sheriff Brad Freeman told the outlet.
The Buckland boys thought EH Paving was being “disrespectful” by working so close to one of the Bucklands’ houses — and they let them know in a way that would make Paulie Walnuts proud.
(Clockwise from top left) Mark Buckland Sr., Willy Buckland Sr., Mark Buckland Jr., James Small, Willy Buckland Jr. and Luke Buckland.
The Bucklands were hit with multiple criminal charges. WMAZAn argument erupted when the Bucklands confronted the EH employees, who are out of southeast Georgia, the property owner told cops.
That’s when family patriarch Mark Buckland Sr., 77, pulled a “long cowboy-style gun” and fired two rounds into the woods to intimidate the other pavers, the outlet said.
His 58-year-old son, Mark Buckland Jr., allegedly sparked a full-on brawl moments later that left the EH Paving workers bruised and banged-up.
Willy Buckland Sr. allegedly whacked a son of EH Paving’s owner in the head with a bat, WMAZ said.
And EH Paving’s unidentified owner added that Willy Buckland’s son — 22-year-old Willy Buckland Jr. — joined son-in-law James Small, 21, in attacking the owner’s other son.
Luke Buckland, 28, also went after his nephew, the company owner said.
The three victims sported knots, bruises and other injuries after the battle. One of them was so badly hurt that he said he was light-headed, threw up and was brought to the hospital, he added.
Authorities have charged Mark Buckland Sr. with criminal trespass, tampering with evidence and pointing a gun at another person, according to jail records.
His son was charged with inciting a riot, criminal trespass, and simple battery — while Willy Buckland Sr. was slapped with aggravated assault and criminal trespass.
The sheriff described the alleged scheme as like “something out of the Sopranos,” in reference to the classic HBO mob show. Getty Images
All six men were arrested and charged on Dec. 19. Monroe County Sheriff's Office GeorgiaThe rest of the violent clan was charged with simple battery and criminal trespass.
The Bucklands and Small were cut loose after posting bail Dec. 21, the outlet said.
It’s not the first time the family has sought some Hatfield-and-McCoy style justice, EH Paving’s owner said.
The Bucklands have tailed him and his workers before, and started other fights at their job sites.
“These are adult men too,” Freeman told WMAZ. “Adult men with pretty good reputations.”
