BOONS CAMP, Ky. (WMDJ) — A Johnson County man was arrested after police say he assaulted a woman with a machete earlier this week.

Kentucky State Police were called to a home in Martin County on December 5, after a woman was dropped off there following the incident. Troopers found her with an injury to her wrist and blood on her clothing.

According to police, the woman reported that 51-year-old Ronnie Ray Mollett of Boons Camp struck her with a machete during an argument. Troopers later went to Mollett’s home, where he spoke with police about what happened before being taken into custody.

Mollett is charged with first-degree assault, a felony punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison. He was lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.