(KNZA)--A Wathena man is facing a charge of aggravated battery in connection with an altercation that left the victim needing surgery for facial injuries.

The Kansas Chief reports 37-year-old Ryan Smith was arrested Sunday morning by the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Department after they responded to a farm about five miles north of Wathena near 220th and St. Columbus Road.

Smith is accused of attacking J.T. Euler while he was in the cab of a tractor at the location.

He remains in the Doniphan County Jail on a $25,000 bond.