A man faces felony assault charges after he allegedly hit his cousin in the head with both ends of a hatchet over the weekend.The suspect, Bobby Joe Rutledge Jr., 28, is charged with aggravated assault for striking his cousin, Khalid Whitaker, in the head twice with a hatchet during an argument at Rutledge’s residence on King Street. He will face hearing April 28. His victim suffered serious injuries but they are not believed to be life-threatening.According to the findings of McMinnville Police Department’s preliminary investigation, a dispute broke out between the cousins in the pre-dawn hours after they had been out attending a party.