A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL A WOMAN WHO WAS SET TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM IN COURT, IS BEHIND BARS. 50 YEAR OLD ARTHUR TIMOTHY BARRETT IS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, ASSAULT, ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND COERCION OF A WITNESS. AUTHORITIES SAID BARRETT ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED THE 63 YEAR OLD WOMAN WITH A KNIFE AND ATTEMPTED TO STAB HER OUTSIDE HER BLOOMINGDALE ROAD HOME LAST WEDNESDAY. DURING THE ATTACK, THE WOMAN STRUCK BARRETT WITH HER CANE CAUSING HIM TO DROP THE KNIFE. HE RAN TO A WAITING VEHICLE AND SPED OFF. IN MARCH, BARRETT ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO STEAL A VEHICLE FROM THE VICTIM’S HOME AND KNOCKED HER UNCONCIOUS. LATER THAT DAY, HE ALLEGEDLY FOLLOWED HER HOME, AND BEAT HER UNCONCIOUS. BARRETT IS BEING HELD ON A 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.