Johnson City Police Have Arrested A Man After He Allegedly Assaulted His Girlfriend And Her Mother. Officers Responded To Liberty Bell Blvd. Where They Found James Rutledge In Front Of The Apartments With A Stab Wound To His Abdomen. Investigators Learned Rutledge Reportedly Assaulted His Girlfriend By Choking Her, He Then Allegedly Threw His Girlfriend’s Mother Across The Bedroom. Rutledge’s Stab Wound Was Found To Be Evidence Of A Self Defense Struggle Between The Girlfriend And Him. Rutledge Is Being Held On A $51,000 Bond And Will Be Arraigned This Afternoon.