Two Auburn men were arrested by the Auburn Police Department Tuesday afternoon on charges they broke a man's jaw during a fight on Spring Street around 4 a.m. June 30.

Joshua A. Nervina, 19, of 23 Pulaski St., Auburn, and Stefan P. Lepak, 19, of Apt. A8, 2 Schwartz Dr., Auburn, both were charged with second-degree assault, a Class D felony.

The dispute may have been over a female acquaintance, police said.

Police were called to Auburn Memorial Hospital June 30 because the 24-year-old man was seeking treatment for his injury.

Police said he was having difficulty speaking, and was in pain.

The man will still need medical care for a few more months, police said. Warrants for their arrest were issued following the completion of an investigation, police said.

Both men were arraigned in Auburn City Court Wednesday.

Their bail was set at $10,000 cash or $20,000 bond.

Nervina was acquitted in a March 2006 jury trial of felony charges of first-degree manslaughter and first-degree assault in the stabbing death of Anthony Agee July 25, 2005, during a dispute over a cell phone.

In May 2006, Nervina was sentenced to six months in Cayuga County Jail for violating his probation for a youthful offender offense by failing to enter a general equivalency degree program and to enter a substance abuse program.