Man Assaulted after Reporting Burglary

VAN ZANDT COUNTY — One suspect is in custody after a stabbing in Van Zandt County. It happened last night around 9:30 on VZCR 2807. Sheriff’s deputies say the suspect was reportedly involved in a burglary of a habitation earlier in the evening, in which firearms were stolen. Deputies say Gary Wayne Pritchett, Jr. of Mabank went to confront the reporting party and stabbed him in the back several times with a screwdriver. Pritchett was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, retaliation against witness/informant. He’s being held at the Van Zandt County Justice Center awaiting arraignment by a Justice of the Peace.