A melee between a crowd and Police in the early hours of Saturday morning resulted in two teenagers being convicted in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

And two other teenagers will be tried on July 8 after pleading not guilty to charges that they threw bottles in the same confrontation at the junction of Court and Dundonald Street.

Neville Sinclair Tucker,19, of Prospect, Devonshire pleaded guilty to uttering offensive words to officers. Ezra Williams, 17, of Cedar Park Road, Pembroke, pleaded not guilty to assaulting an officer, but did plead guilty to resisting arrest and uttering offensive words.

LaShawn Spence Dill, 19, of Schools Drive, Pembroke and Jason Smith, 19, of Happy Valley Road, Pembroke both pleaded not guilty to throwing bottles at officers.

A Police statement released yesterday morning said the charges stemmed from an incident at about 3 a.m. as Police arrived outside Rooster's Restaurant on Court Street where a large crowd had gathered.

After Police arrived, several members of the crowd dispersed and headed towards Dundonald Street.

The Police Support Unit remained on Dundonald Street to maintain order and arrested two men on suspicion of assaulting officers.

The crowd became nervous and began throwing bottles at the Police which led to the arrest of two other men.

Crown counsel Wayne Caines told Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves yesterday that officers reported that Tucker said to them: "You f****** Police, you pussies."

When asked yesterday if he had anything to say, Tucker responded: "I try to stay out of trouble, but sometimes things happen. It was Friday and I had some drinks.

"I'm trying to do things with my life. Nobody is perfect, everybody has their faults."

Tucker's probation officer told the court that he was doing well in his probation to which Mr. Greaves asked that if he were doing well, then why was he in court.

Tucker was ordered to pay $250 or spend 50 days in prison.

Tucker later told Mr. Greaves that he did not know him so he could not judge him. Mr. Greaves said: "Judged for record, you'll be judged by that all your life.

"It hurts seeing young fellows wasting your lives like that. Every time one of you fall, all of us are falling, that's a reality."

Mr. Caines told the court that the second man, Williams, had struck an officer after which the crowd began to throw the bottles at Police.

Officers reported that Williams said to them: "F*** you officers, you can't arrest me."

Williams told the court that he had been bitten by police dogs and said in his defence: "I was trying to get the dog off of me, the dog was biting my arm and my shirt. I wasn't resisting arrest, I was trying to get away from the dog."

Mr. Caines said an alternative to incarceration should be looked at for Williams due to his age and asked for a term of probation to be put in place.

He added that there was a possibility that he would more likely be able to be rehabilitated.

"At 17 they are often rehabilitated and kept on track," said Mr. Caines. "This is the result of a melee which occurred on Court Street."

Mr. Greaves bailed Williams for $500 and ordered a social inquiry report to be conducted. Williams was ordered back in court on July 29.

The remaining men, Smith and Dill, were both bailed for $500 and ordered back to court on July 8 to stand trial.