A 44-year-old man was arrested Saturday (Aug. 11), accused of attacking another man in LaPlace with a machete and severely injuring him, according to the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office.

Deputies were called to the 100 block of Augustin Lane in LaPlace at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, and found a 44-year-old man who had been attacked. He was bleeding severely with cuts to his forearms and the left side of his face, and was in and out of consciousness, the sheriff's office said.

Deputies applied tourniquets to the man's arms to help stop the bleeding, and he was taken to a New Orleans hospital. He was in guarded but stable condition as of Monday afternoon, the sheriff's office said.

While investigating the attack, deputies identified Juan Carlos Ramos as the suspect. The sheriff's office said that Ramos was in an "on-again, off-again" relationship with a woman and sometimes stayed with her at the home where the attack occurred. The man who was attacked was a friend of the woman.

Ramos was arrested Saturday in St. Bernard Parish and booked with attempted second-degree murder. He is being held in lieu of a $250,000 bond. He is from Honduras and has been in the U.S. illegally since 2016, the sheriff's office said.