WBFF (Baltimore, MD) — Several people were arrested near Lexington Market Thursday after a Baltimore Police detective was attacked while attempting to arrest a suspected drug dealer, court records show.

Charging documents state that police were pursuing 29-year-old Tyshon Dickerson because he was allegedly selling drugs for money in what officers describe as a “violent crime area and open-air drug market area.”

Investigators noted in their files that the area around Lexington Market was a frequent location for serious assaults, armed robberies, shootings and drug dealing, which is why they focused on that area.

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A CitiWatch camera allegedly caught Dickerson confronting a man outside the entrance to the Lexington Market subway station at about 12:25 p.m. That day, Dickerson was wearing a tan Hooters shirt and pink shorts. He also had a small black book bag with him, according to charging documents.

According to court documents, Dickerson was recorded on camera placing something in the man’s left hand, receiving money in exchange for the object, and then placing the money in the left pocket of his pants.

Dickerson was also seen on camera holding an orange pill bottle in his left hand, taking something out and handing it to the man. Investigators say there was another exchange between them before they parted ways.

An arrest team then focused on Dickerson. Two members of the team — detectives in uniform who identified them as police officers — were in an unmarked police vehicle. They got out and approached Dickerson with the intent of arresting him. Dickerson then attempted to flee, according to court documents.

One of the investigators was able to arrest him, but Dickerson resisted arrest. Investigators said Dickerson resisted arrest and continued to try to flee from authorities even after the second investigator helped his colleague subdue the man.

The officers ordered Dickerson to stop resisting, ordered him to give them his hands, and warned him not to reach for anything. Other officers came to help the two officers and got into a struggle that lasted about five minutes, according to the indictment.

Meanwhile, a crowd formed around the officers. Investigators said a person in the crowd, identified in the charges as 38-year-old Anthony Epps, kicked one of the detectives in the buttocks in an attempt to stop him from arresting Dickerson.

This happened while the detective was on the ground trying to restrain Dickerson. According to court documents, Epps also kicked the detective a second time.

A second man, referred to in the indictment as “Mr. Byrd,” threw water from a bottle at officers during the arrest.

Then a third man, who investigators later determined was 33-year-old Amadou Mbaye, is said to have snatched a bottle from someone and thrown it at the officers.

All three men were arrested along with Dickerson and read their Miranda rights.

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Officers searched Epps and Byrd and found they were not in possession of any illegal substances. The search of Mbaye revealed he was in possession of marijuana and controlled dangerous substances such as oxycodone hydrochloride, court records show.

According to charging documents, Dickerson was found to be in possession of 13 Suboxone sublingual strips, over 150 different types of pills, including some containing controlled substances, and $212 in small bills.

The four men were taken to the Baltimore Police Department’s Central District at 501 N. Calvert Street after the incident. There, Byrd was released after being questioned. According to court documents, Mbaye admitted during questioning that he “threw the bottle into the crowd out of frustration.”

Dickerson was charged with resisting arrest and six counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance.

Epps has since been charged with second-degree assault and disturbing the peace. He is also accused of obstruction and obstructing a police officer.

Mbaye was accused by investigators of using a bottle “as a dangerous weapon” to “unlawfully injure Baltimore City Police Officers,” and was also charged with “willful conduct in an unseemly manner to disturb the public peace,” obstructing and hindering a police officer, and two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance.

None of the officers involved in Dickerson’s arrest were injured during the scuffle.