A language barrier delayed one arraignment Tuesday, but two other men appeared via video from the Buchanan County Jail to face charges of assaulting a cop trying to break up a loud, early-morning party Sunday.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled February 28 for Miguel Villegas, 32. A cousin acted as a translator during the arraignment.

Louis Oliveras, 21, is now scheduled for arraignment Wednesday, when court officials will have an interpreter available. Officials thought an interpreter might also be needed for a third suspect, Jose Rodriguez-Delgado, 22, but later found out he speaks English. Rodriguez-Delgado will apply for a public defender, and is scheduled for preliminary hearing February 17.

Police say Officers Jason Wilhoit and Matt Kneib were surrounded by a hostile crowd as they tried to break up a loud party in the 25-hundred block of Angelique. Wilhoit was hit with a beer bottle and punched several times in the face.

Officer Kneib pushed Wilhoit and his assailant into a bathroom to keep the rest of the crowd away. When backup arrived the crowd dispersed, but as officers left with suspects under arrest, the crowd pelted them with rocks. In all five suspects were arrested, two on a city noise violation. Officer Wilhoit was treated and released for head injuries.