Bonds have been set at $250,000 each for two teens who allegedly planned a shooting during the Union County Fair last week.
A third suspect, a 21-year-old man, is also wanted in connection to the incident.
Derrick Dixon, 17, and Brandon Mack, 16, appeared Wednesday in 35th Judicial District Court on felony charges of two counts of violation of the Uniform Machine Gun Act, with penalty enhancements for engaging in violent criminal group activity and felony with a firearm.
The teens also face misdemeanor counts of minor in possession of a handgun, carrying a certain prohibited weapon, fleeing on foot and obstruction of governmental operations.
The boys will be adjudicated as adults in a case in which they are accused of plotting a "gang shootout" at the Union County Fair, which was held Sept. 20 - 24.
The pair, along with co-defendant Braydon Weaver, 18, are allegedly a part of a local gang and had planned to engage in a shootout with a rival gang during the fair, police have said.
Detectives with the El Dorado Police Department's Criminal Investigative Division said rumors about the alleged plot had swirled around town for at least two months, prompting them to launch an investigation.
On Sept. 23, officers said they received additional information that the shooting may have been planned for Sept. 24, the final night of the Union County Fair.
Weaver, Dixon and Mack were identified as potential suspects in the plot. Officers also received a description of a vehicle in which the teens were known to travel.
The Union County Sheriff's Office assisted in the investigation.
At approximately 8:40 p.m. Sept. 24, officers who were working off-duty security detail at the fair reportedly spotted a vehicle that was similar to the description they had received, in the parking lot.
Police said the car, a white Chevrolet Camaro, passed the front entrance gate before exiting the parking lot and heading east on 19th Street to the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Police conducted a traffic stop just after the car turned south onto MLK.
The driver, identified as Dixon, appeared nervous and began to reach underneath the front seat, police said.
Officers said they pulled Dixon from the vehicle, noting that the Mack and Weaver were front- and rear-seat passengers, respectively.
After detaining the teens with handcuffs, police searched the car and found three loaded handguns, two of which were fit with a "Glock Switch," a device that converts a semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic gun that is legally classified as a machine gun, per federal and state laws.
The teens were placed into custody. Police said Dixon and Mack attempted to flee on foot.
Mack was immediately taken to the ground and Dixon was apprehended after a brief foot chase, which ended in a wooded area a few blocks away from the scene of the traffic stop, police said.
Weaver appeared in district court Monday and was also issued a cash or corporate surety bond of $250,000.
He remained in the Union County jail late Thursday afternoon.
The same bond amount was issued during first appearance hearings for Dixon and Mack on Wednesday.
Following their court hearings, the two suspects were transported to a juvenile detention facility in Pine Bluff, where they remained late Tuesday afternoon.
All three defendants were determined indigent and will be assigned a public defender.
If they are released on bond, the teens must wear GPS ankle monitor at all times and abide by a daily curfew of 7 p.m. until 7 a.m.
They were also ordered not to have any contact with each other.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a fourth suspect for his alleged role in the incident.
Police said Javen Tubbs is the registered owner of the car the suspects were driving.
Tubbs is wanted on several misdemeanor charges, including three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, allowing an unauthorized person to drive and no automobile liability insurance.
Capt. Scott Harwell, of the EPD CID, said the probe into the incident is ongoing and investigators are working with other law enforcement agencies to determine how the teens obtained the guns and the "Glock Switches."
A motive has not yet been established for the intended shooting.