A Kingsport, Tennessee man was arrested after police say he tried to rob a 52-year-old woman. Instead he found himself on the receiving end of a baseball bat from the woman acting in self-defense. Officers say 34-year-old Joe M. Sotello faces two charges of aggravated burglary. The Kingsport Police Department says the woman answered a knock at her door on Bond Drive around 9 p.m. Saturday. A woman on the other side of the door was holding a flyer about a lost dog. As soon as the door was open, a masked man stepped in, grabbed the victim’s arm and tried to pull her outside. That’s when the victim grabbed a baseball bat from behind the door and fought back against Sotello in what police call “clearly justifiable self-defense.” Two 18-year-old women were also in the house at the time and joined in to help defend the victim. Together, the three women forced Sotello out of the house and onto the front lawn. The woman with the “lost dog” flyer, identified as Sotello’s girlfriend, fled in a silver Honda. Sotello tried to get into the car as well, but was unable to get away from the three women defending themselves. Sotello was eventually able to run off, but officers learned he had turned up a the home of one of the victim’s relatives where another fight broke out. That relative was able to hold Sotello until police arrived.