Middletown man arrested for rape and burglary

WEST CARROLLTON — A Middletown man is being held in the Montgomery County jail after his arrest on rape and aggravated burglary charges.  Investigators say Jerry Bledsoe was working as a home repair contractor at the home of a West Carrollton woman who sent Bledsoe home Tuesday because he was drunk and belligerent on the job.  The woman says Bledsoe came back to the home late that night or early the next morning, climbed in through an unlocked window threatened her with a kitchen knife, choked her into unconsciousness and raped her.