KINGSPORT POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR A CITY MAN ACCUSED IN A STABBING INCIDENT THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED LAST MONTH. WITNESSES HAVE IDENTIFIED 44 YEAR OLD MICHAEL RELEFORD AS THE PERSON WHO STABBED CARL HALE ON JULY 26TH OUTSIDE CLINCH MOUNTAIN LODGE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE. HALE HAD TO UNDERGO SURGERY AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STABBED ONCE IN THE ABDOMEN. AUTHORITIES ALLEGE THE ACT WAS PREMEDITATED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PASSED BETWEEN THE ARGUMENT THE TWO HAD AND THE ALLEGED ATTACK. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON RELEFORD’S WHEREABOUTS, SHOULD CONTACT POLICE.