From the A-O-Perfects to the Down Town Daddies, members of the greek community aren’t strangers to nicknames. Although these puns are generally harmless, one such nickname landed two University students in jail early Saturday morning.

University students William Corey Wilkinson and Blake Roger Tillis were arrested and charged with fighting in public, underage possession of alcohol and possession of fake IDs near the journalism building at 3:08 a.m. on Feb. 6. Michael Joseph Stanhope, a visitor from another university, was also arrested and charged with underage possession of alcohol.

The fight leading to the arrests began when Wilkinson called Tillis and his friends, who he believed were members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, “Pi Kappa Assholes,” according to the University Police report.

However, this insult may have been misdirected.

“Mr. Tillis is not a member of our chapter and has never been a member of our chapter,” said Colin Fogarty, the president of Pi Kappa Alpha.

When asked if he identified himself to Wilkinson as a member of the fraternity, Tillis said, “I might have. I’m not sure.”

Whether or not the insult was relevant, it eventually lead to an altercation.

“I was walking home and a couple of us started fooling around with them,” Wilkinson said. “Then Mr. Tillis took it the wrong way and got in my face. We didn’t really fight, it was more of a wrestling match. No punches were thrown at all.”

According to the report, police approached the scene after hearing “loud yelling and what sounded like a fight.” When the officer arrived, Tillis and Wilkinson were fighting on the ground while Stanhope stood over them. They were told to stop, however both failed to comply with the officer’s command. When Wilkinson attempted to gouge Tillis’s eyes, the officer used pepper spray to break them up.

“I never heard them say stop,” Wilkinson said. “All I know is I looked up and got maced right in the face. I was done from there. I just laid on the ground.”

However, police tell another story.

According to the report, after receiving his first dose of pepper spray, Wilkinson continued taunting Tillis and was subsequently sprayed again. When he still continued to fight, the arresting officer attempted to physically pull him back. Wilkinson then grabbed the officer’s legs and began to fight him.

“I would never fight a police officer,” Wilkinson said. “It was three on one so I was expecting to get jumped by more people. Then I felt someone on my back, and I didn’t know who it was.”

When asked about the discrepancies in the two stories, Wilkinson said, “It’s their word against mine. We’ll find out in court.”

Police eventually gained control of the situation and attempted to question Stanhope, who had watched the entire altercation. After making eye contact with an officer, Stanhope began to back away and attempted to flee the scene, running toward Baldwin Street. Stanhope was apprehended a short time later.

“I wasn’t a part of the fight,” Stanhope said. “I just came up later when the police arrived. I started backing up because I just didn’t know what to do.”

When the offenders were released the next morning, their interactions were much more civil.

“[Tillis] gave me a ride home when I got bailed out,” Wilkinson said, “and I told him I was sorry. He didn’t really recall what had happened. We exchanged numbers. I’m sure we’ll hang out sometime. The whole thing was just a big misunderstanding.”