Laurens Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Assault and Kidnapping in ‘Snitch’ Retaliation Attack
Laurens, South Carolina – A Laurens man, Marcus Tyrone Grant, 46, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for orchestrating a brutal attack on a man he suspected of being a police informant. Grant’s conviction came after a Laurens County jury found him guilty of assault and battery by a mob, as well as kidnapping. The jury delivered their verdict Wednesday evening, prompting Circuit Judge Cordell Maddox to hand down the 30-year prison sentence, …