(Blair, NE) – Published reports out of Nebraska say a man from Atlantic was arrested Aug. 11^th in connection with a stabbing incident at a gas station. Authorities say 30-year-old Anthony Asay, who is awaiting trial on a stabbing incident in Atlantic, was arrested following a traffic stop initiated as a result of an investigation, into an incident that began with an argument inside a Blair, Nebraska gas station.

Authorities say Asay and another man took the argument outside and began fighting. After the men were separated, Asay reportedly got into a vehicle and took off, but not before allegedly driving-up and stabbing the other male in the arm. The victim was treated for his injury at a local hospital.

Asay faces charges associated with the incident that include: 3^rd Degree Assault for punching the victim; 2^nd Degree Assault for stabbing the victim;Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony; Possession of a Deadly Weapon by Prohibited Person – for possessing the knife he used to stab the male after being convicted of multiple felonies prior to this incident; and Driving under Revocation.

Asay was wearing an ankle bracelet when he was arrested, as part of his pre-trial release on his Cass County charges associated with a stabbing incident in Atlantic, last May. He was being held in the Washington County, Nebraska Jail for his latest, alleged offenses.