Police have arrested and charged two suspects in the stabbing and armed robbery of a West Wareham man on Monday.

Ramon Amado, 32, of 147 Arnold St., New Bedford, and Joseph M. Steele, 21, of 330 Pearl St., Malden, were both arrested and charged with attempted murder, home invasion, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and armed robbery while masked.  Amado is also charged with willfully injuring a police dog.

The victim, a 20-year-old male who was not further identified by the police, was taken to Tobey and then transferred to Boston Medical Center by ambulance.  He is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to a police press release.

The incident, the second stabbing in town in a little over a week, occurred at 1:30 p.m. at the victim's home in West Wareham near the Rochester border.

Police responded to a 911 call from the victim, who they found bleeding from his head.  The victim told police he had been duct taped, hit over the head with a crowbar and stabbed in the head with a knife. A Rochester police officer also at the scene stated that he observed two males running through the woods to the rear of the house.

Officers from Wareham, Rochester, Marion, and the State Police saturated the area on foot in addition to K-9s from Wareham and State Police. Within a short time, Sgt. Glen Gifford of the Wareham Police department apprehended Steele after a brief foot chase.

Trooper Robert Gilmore of the state police and his K-9, along with Wareham Police who were in the area, spotted a man fitting the description of the second assailant. The individual fled into the water attempting to escape. Trooper Gilmore and his K-9 swam out to the male and brought him to shore with the assistance of Wareham police officers Daniel Flaherty and Richard Robidoux.

Both men were held overnight on $50,000 bail at the Wareham Police station and were arraigned at Wareham 4th District Court on Tuesday. A female, 29 year old Tulesia Tuvale of 5 Alpine Ave., Fairhaven was arrested at the crime scene on an outstanding default warrant. She was also held overnight and arraigned Tuesday.

Public Information Officer Bill Fihlman said that the dog was fine.