JOHNSON CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ALLEGED ASSAULT AND KIDNAPPING. OFFICERS SAID A MAN TOLD THEM HE WAS CONFRONTED AT HIS HOME BY TWO MEN HE KNEW. THEY ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED HIM AND THEN FORCED HIM AT KNIFE POINT TO ANOTHER HOME IN JOHNSON CITY WHERE THEY BEAT HIM AGAIN WITH A STEEL PIPE, AND THEN LET HIM LEAVE AFTER BEING HELD A SHORT TIME. HE SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJURIES DURING THE ASSAULT. AN INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING AT THIS TIME.