Deputies: Suspect Tried to Kill Man with Machete

10:56 AM, Jan 5, 2013   |    comments
Crane Creek Drive
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Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Richland County Sheriff's Deputies say they have arrested a man for attempted murder after he tried to attack another man with a machete.

According to officials, deputies responded to a call just before 2:30am Saturday morning on the 300 block of Crane Creek Drive.

Deputies say the two men got into a physical altercation and the victim ran into another room to get away and locked the door. Deputies say that's when 32-year old Juan Angel Cabora grabbed a machete and tried to hack his way into the room.

According officials say the victim sustained minor injuries.

Cabora is being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.