5 Brockton residents arrested in large fight on Block Island ferry dock

Police said they received reports of 20 to 30 people actively fighting near a ferry dock that carries passengers from Block Island to Point Judith on the Rhode Island mainland around 8:12 p.m.

As officers arrived on scene and began making arrests, police said many people began to intervene and were given warnings to stand back or risk being arrested for obstruction.

Seven people were arrested, including five from Brockton.

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The three Brockton men, aged 42, 39 and 36, and two Brockton women, aged 28 and 31, were arrested on various charges, including: