Closing arguments were made Thursday morning in a trial involving a Peachtree City family at odds with local police.

Kevin and Carolyn O'Keefe were charged with obstruction of a law enforcement officer and maintaing a disorderly house, while son Thomas Patrick O'Keefe faced a charge of simple battery. All are misdemeanors.

The trial, which was in Fayette County State Court, stems from an incident that took place last August, when Peachtree City police investigated a call about a disturbance in the vicinity of the O'Keefe residence.

Lawyer Paul Weiner, representing the O'Keefes, said in his closing argument that police entered the home unnecessarily and improperly, setting off a chain of events that resulted in the arrest of the three defendants.

He told the jury that the officer responding to the call found some young people outside the house. When one of them ran, Weiner said, the officer simply walked inside the house demanding what was going on, rather than asking if the family even knew anything.

Weiner then recounted an argument between Kevin O'Keefe and police that escalated and allegedly caused an injury to Carolyn O'Keefe when she was handcuffed by police.

The younger O'Keefe was apprehended when he was trying to come to the aid of his mother, Weiner said.

Solicitor general Steven Harris, prosecuting the case, told the six-member jury that its decision would come down to whether the actions of those involved were considered justified, and the credibility of each witness and their testimony.

Harris played a tape of the 911 call during his closing argument, stressing that the jury pay close attention to whether the caller was genuinely distressed about the activities in the neighborhood, which Harris argued the caller was. He further pointed out that the disturbance in question could be heard in the background on the tape.

There was also an audio portion of a video tape that contained police interviews after they responded to the scene. Harris said that the lack of any disturbances on this recording show that the police were at the right house and had taken proper care of the situation that prompted the call in the first place.