Two people suffered hand lacerations from a knife during a fight early Sunday morning on Mechanic Street, Bradford.

Ted. J. Buckley, 25, of 77 Congress St., upper apartment, was taken into custody for allegations he started a fight, injuring two people with a knife and punching a third, court records indicate.

Buckley was arraigned before District Judge William Todd on two counts each of aggravated assault, second-degree felonies; and simple assault, second-degree misdemeanors; one count of disorderly conduct, a third-degree misdemeanor; public drunkenness and three counts of harassment, summaries.

Buckley is in McKean County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.

According to Bradford City Police, Buckley started a fight with multiple people without provocation. During the fight, Buckley brandished a folding knife, cutting two men with the knife, causing hand lacerations, and punching a third man in the head.

Police did not say how serious the injuries were, except to say that one of the men who suffered knife wounds had to be treated at Bradford Regional Medical Center. The names of the injured men were not released.

According to reports, at 2:19 a.m. Sunday a group approached Bradford City police officers in the Zippo parking lot on Barbour Street to report alleged assaults that just happened.

The group pointed out Buckley, who was at that point walking on the sidewalk near the officers, police stated.

When officers started to approach Buckley, he turned and began to flee. Officers pursued Buckley from Barbour Street, across Mechanic Street and through two parking lots, arresting him on Pine Street near Boylston Street, according to police.

Buckley is scheduled to appear in Central Court on Thursday.