Two men are facing charges after allegedly pushing police who were trying to break up a fight on fraternity porch Saturday.

An affidavit said plain-clothes officers were enforcing underage drinking laws on UND campus Saturday when they saw a verbal fight turn physical on the Beta Theta Pi porch just before midnight. The officers approached and identified themselves, and Quincy Paul O'fallon, 20, pushed the arguing men inside the fraternity, the affidavit said.

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O'fallon allegedly blocked the door, refusing to let officers break up the fight. He pushed an officer backward, and the affidavit said he then threw the officer off a 1-foot ledge into bushes outside the fraternity.

The affidavit said another man, Nicholas Reid Peterson, 27, was grabbing at the second officer. Both men were arrested and brought to the Grand Forks County Correctional Center, the affidavit said.

O'fallon had a blood alcohol content of .17, more than double the legal limit to drive, the affidavit said. Police said a fake identification card was also found in his wallet.

O'fallon is facing two felony charges of simple assault on a peace officer and preventing arrest. He's also facing misdemeanor charges of hindering law enforcement, reproducing or altering a driver's license and minor in consumption. He's scheduled to enter a plea May 15.

Peterson is facing a felony charge of simple assault on a peace officer and a misdemeanor charge of hindering law enforcement. He's scheduled to enter a plea May 13.

The maximum penalty for each man's felony charge is five years behind bars if they're convicted.