CENTRAL FALLS — On Thursday, friends and family gathered in the three-family house at 161 Lincoln Ave. for what was supposed to be a combined Thanksgiving feast and celebration of Yahaira Ramos’ 18th birthday.

Before it was over, officers from five police departments were called, and one teenager and six adults were arrested, among them, Ramos, on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to simple assault.

Police Chief Col. Joseph P. Moran III said the celebration turned into a disturbance when partygoers defied the police, spilling out into the street and refusing to disperse when they were told the party was over.

No one was seriously hurt, Moran said, but one man was taken to the hospital after being subdued with pepper spray. No shots were fired, but a police officer pulled his firearm after a pit bull was unleashed, Moran said.

“The pit bull [came] out of a room, I guess, and one of the officers took his weapon out to … provide safety for himself and the other officers,” Moran told reporters. “And [he] ended up putting his gun back in his holster once the pit bull was restrained.”

A crowd of about 40 people gathered at the party, which took place in the third-floor apartment and drew people from all three floors.

The police said that when they asked the party’s organizers around 9:20 p.m. to keep the noise down, Maritza Sierra, 20, and Luis Rodriguez, 19, agreed.

But things got ugly 30 minutes later, when the police returned to the house after complaints that the party had become noisier and people were spilling out into the street.

At that point, the police said, Sierra and Rodriguez agreed to end the party, but the partygoers refused to leave.

As the police were trying to disperse the crowd, a teenage boy began shouting profanities and confronted one of the officers.

The officers tried to arrest the boy. He shouted an obscenity and ran into the second-floor apartment. Three officers followed the boy inside, where about 20 angry partygoers gathered and two men, Juan Ramos, 59, and Victor Medina, 27, allegedly tried to block the police from making the arrest. Another man, Luis Ramos, 19, allegedly shoved one of the police officers. The police said Harold Diaz, 22, stormed into living room shouting and charged at the officers. He was pepper-sprayed, the police said.

At that point, the pit bull was let loose, the gun was drawn, and the police radioed for assistance. Another burst of pepper spray was unleashed so they could get out of the apartment safely, the police said.

The state police were called, along with officers from Pawtucket, Lincoln and Cumberland. Moran said the 13 or so additional officers were needed to assist the five Central Falls officers at the scene.

Outside, Yahaira Ramos struck a police officer in the chest and tried to flee, the police said, when they tried to arrest her.

Ramon Lopez, 24, tried to stop the police from putting Yahaira Ramos in a police cruiser and struck the police officer who tried to restrain him, the police said.

Diaz, who was pepper-sprayed, was taken to Memorial Hospital after being issued a summons for disorderly conduct. The teenage boy, who was released in the custody of his mother, was also charged with disorderly conduct.

Everyone else was arrested: Juan Ramos and Victor Medina on charges of obstructing a police officer and disorderly conduct; Luis Ramos on charges of obstructing a police officer and assault; Ramon Lopez and Yahaira Ramos on charges of assaulting a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

jcastell@projo.com