A Saint Joseph police officer was assaulted during a confrontation at a party early Sunday morning.

Police say Officers Jason Wilhoit and Matt Kneib were surrounded by a hostile crowd 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. Five suspects were arrested, three of them on charges of felony assault on a law enforcement officer. Officer Wilhoit was treated and released for head injuries.

Three men were are charged with Class-C felony assault of a law enforcement officer. They are Miguel Villegas, 32, Jose Rodriguez-Delgado, 22, Luis Oliveras, 21 all of St. Joseph. Two other people were charged with a city noise violation: 24-year-old Yusniel Roseales, and Marissa Wilkerson, age 20.