A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HIS STEPDAUGHTER AND WIFE OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. 37 YEAR OLD EARNEST “JO JO” RECTOR IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER, ESPECIALLY AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED AGGRAVATED RAPE. AUTHORITIES SAID RECTOR ALLEGEDLY FORCED HIS STEPDAUGHTER AT KNIFEPOINT, INTO AN UPSTAIRS BEDROOM DEMANDING SHE REMOVE HER CLOTHES. THE 17 YEAR OLD WAS ABLE TO WAKE HER MOTHER, VALERIE RECTOR, WHO TRIED TO PULL HER HUSBAND OFF HER DAUGHTER. THAT’S WHEN RECTOR ALLEGEDLY CUT HIS WIFE’S THROAT AND THEN BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A DOWNSTAIRS BEDROOM. POLICE LT. JERRY ROBINSON WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE THE MAN TO SURRENDER. HE’S BEING HELD ON AN 85-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND. VALERIE RECTOR WAS TREATED FOR HER INJURIES AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.