A 35-year-old Nevada man who was training to become a truck driver was sentenced to prison for slashing his instructor with a box knife at an Albany-area truck stop.
Jaylon Marquise Gatlin, a Las Vegas resident, was charged with felony counts of second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon in December 2023.
Authorities said the instructor suffered serious cuts to his thigh and arm, requiring more than two-dozen stitches between two wounds. In a statement read by Prosecutor Douglas Prince, the victim said he is still affected physically and mentally by the assault, as well as financially…