Feuding adults created an ugly scene for children this weekend when a melee broke out inside a family-oriented restaurant, officials said.

Investigators said several adults traded blows Saturday over an arcade game inside Chuck E. Cheese's on Fruitville Pike, Manheim Township.

Two people were hospitalized, and investigators expect to file charges this week, according to Manheim Township police spokesman Sgt. Tom Rudzinski.

Police didn't identify anyone involved in the fight because charges haven't been filed. The men taken to the hospital were not seriously hurt.

The fight broke out during a busy Saturday afternoon at the pizza parlor, which uses the slogan "Where a kid can be a kid."

According to one report, at least one man was bloodied in the fight. Investigators said at least  one of the adults involved was at the restaurant with his children.

A verbal dispute apparently led to one man throwing a punch, instigating the clash, but investigators said they have received conflicting reports about the fight from numerous patrons who observed it.

"We're trying to get a clear picture of what happened inside before we file any charges," Rudzinski said Sunday evening, "but charges should be forthcoming."

Saturday's fight isn't the first incident to put Chuck E. Cheese's in local news reports. The chain restaurant drew negative publicity for a similar melee last month in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County. That brawl was recorded on a patron's cell-phone camera and broadcast on media outlets.

The Fruitville Pike location has had other bizarre incidents in the past year, according to published reports.

In separate incidents in March 2008, police responded to an attempted abduction and reports of an unruly customer.

In the first, a 17-year-old employee told police a man tried to drag her into a car outside the restaurant as she left for the night. She was able to escape unharmed, police said.

The unruly customer allegedly walked through the restaurant spitting and yelling to customers that he had hepatitis C. Police charged the 46-year-old with disorderly conduct,

Also last year, police used pepper spray to break up a fight inside the restaurant.

Rudzinski acknowledged the incidents at the Manheim Township restaurant but said police "don't have any more problems there than we have anywhere else."

The restaurant's image as a children's palace attracts attention to police-related matters there, he said.

"It's unfortunate that these types of things happen in a place that is designed for children," he said. "That may be why disturbances (there) stand out more than in other places."

Chuck E. Cheese's is a busy place that combines dining with a video arcade and other games, Rudzinski said.

"There is constant activity, and people constantly crossing paths," he said.

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