DAYTON — Four University of Dayton students charged with aggravated burglary and felonious assault in connection with a weekend fight were expected to post bond and be released from the Montgomery County Jail on Thursday.

Dayton Municipal Judge Dennis Greaney set bond at $5,000 each for Matthew Livingston, 18; Anthony Papp, 19; Matthew Riddle, 20; and James Vercammen, 20. The students need to post only 10 percent, or $500, of the bond to be released from the jail.

As a condition of bond, none of the four will be allowed to have contact with the victims, Greaney said.

Relatives for all four students, who are all from outside Ohio, were in the courtroom Thursday, March 13.

UD spokeswoman Teri Rizvi said the four would be allowed to return to campus and classes, pending a university disciplinary hearing. There was no danger to the community, she said.

"We believe it was an isolated incident," Rizvi said.

The felonious assault charge, a second-degree felony, could carry an eight-year prison sentence. The aggravated burglary charge, a first-degree felony, could carry a 10-year sentence.

Attorney Jon Paul Rion, who is representing Livingston and Vercammen, said the charges against the four were too severe.

"The whole incident took, we believe, less than 20 seconds," Rion said. "It's not a felonious assault. It's not a burglary case."

According to police reports, the four forced their way into 230 Kiefaber St. Police who arrived at the scene about 2:20 a.m. found two injured students there, including one with a broken arm, broken ribs and a concussion.

Rion said the four entered the residence to talk to people there about a previous incident in which one of their friends had been assaulted, but things got out of control.

"All these kids are good kids," Rion said. "All of their records are clean. Their grades are good."

Montgomery County Prosecutor Mathias H. Heck, Jr. said it was unfortunate when young people get in trouble, but "whether they're university students or not, they have to be responsible for their actions and conduct."

Asked about whether the students had been over-charged, Heck said "the charges accurately represent the facts as presented by the University of Dayton police officers."