11 students arrested after Queen Creek brawl

The fight occurred Wednesday at Canyon State Academy, a school for troubled males ordered by a judge to finish their schooling.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says deputies who responded to the scene found dozens of students and teachers fighting hand-to-hand in classrooms and hallways and some students were using broomsticks as weapons.

Several staff members and students were treated for minor injuries.

Authorities say four students over age 18 were arrested and booked into jail and seven minors were sent to a juvenile detention center.

Arpaio says the fight supposedly broke out after a student in the school’s detention center began resisting instructors.