Deputies in Fremont County, Saturday, arrested a Sidney man, 43-year old Dave Allen Keeton, on charges that include Attempted Murder and Willful Injury with a Weapon.He was being held in the Fremont County Jail on a $25,000 cash bond.

His arrest came a little after 6-p.m., and was the result of a call about a woman being assaulted with a hammer, at a residence in the 100 Block of Main Street in Sidney.

When Deputies arrived on the scene, they found the victim, bleeding from the head. She said that she had been strangled and hit with the hammer. Keeton was taken into custody without incident. The woman was transported to the hospital for treatment of  non life-threatening injuries.