An Abita Springs-area man is facing attempted murder charges after he came into a couple’s home and attacked them with a hatchet and a sickle.
At approximately 5 p.m. Tuesday St. Tammany deputies responded to a residence in the Hillcrest area near Abita Springs. When deputies arrived at the home they located the woman, who was bleeding profusely from several cuts. Using a tourniquet and their training, deputies were able to subdue the bleeding until emergency medical personnel could arrive. The woman’s husband had also sustained a small cut to his head. He told deputies Michael Quave came to the home while he was sleeping and entered the couple’s bedroom armed with a hatchet and a sickle. He said Quave struck him with the sickle before striking his wife numerous times with the hatchet.
Quave of Abita Springs was located at his nearby residence and taken into custody. He was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail on two counts of Attempted Second-degree Murder and one count of Aggravated Burglary with a Weapon. The woman was transported to an area hospital to be treated for her injuries.
