Former Shaw AFB Daycare Worker Indicted for Assaulting Children

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a seven-count indictment, presented by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, charging Tyrel Mack, 29, of Florence, for physically assaulting minor victims.

The indictment alleges that Mack was an employee at a child development and youth center on Shaw Air Force Base near Sumter. This center provides childcare to US Airforce service members and their families. In November 2025, Mack was assigned to work in a classroom serving children from ages 3-years-old to 5-years-old. The indictment charges Mack with assaulting four different minor victims on seven different occasions. Mack is alleged to have kicked, hit, struck, and intentionally stepped on the minor victims, all of whom were younger than 5-years-old.

Mack faces a maximum penalty of one year for each of the seven charges.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Airforce Security Forces Squadron.  Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott Matthews and Elle E. Klein are prosecuting the case. 

All charges in the indictment are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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