Man Accused Of Shooting A Paint Ball Gun At Juvenile Child

The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested a Laurens man for Cruelty to Children. 32-year-old, Mark Tyler Van Loan, of Laurens, was arrested for the alleged charge. According to the arrest warrant report, on March 8^th, Loan allegedly shot the victim with a paint ball gun causing a bruise the size of a golf ball to the child’s upper right buttock area. The incident occurred on Boyd Road in Laurens. Mary Loan has since been released from the Laurens County Johnson Detention Center.