Around 2 a.m. on Sunday St. Cloud Police officers were at 5th Avenue and Mall Germain monitoring the bar crowd when a disorderly man was escorted from the bar. When officers attempted to take the man into custody he began to resist and there was a short struggle. During the incident an unknown person threw a beer bottle from the crowd and hit an officer in the face. The officer was treated and released from the St. Cloud Hospital.

Several members of the crowd interfered as officers tried to make the arrest and three men were arrested. 39-year-old Michael Wallace Johnson Junior of St. Cloud, 18-year-old Michael Wallace Johnson the third of St. Cloud and 40-year-old Kevin Scuefield from St. Cloud were all arrested for disorderly conduct and obstructing the legal justice. Johnson the third was also arrested for minor consumption and Johnson Junior was arrested for a gross misdemeanor obstructing legal process.

All three men were taken to the Stearns County Jail and anyone with information as to who threw the bottle at the police officer is asked to contact police at 251-1200.