CENTRAL - A controversial pastor was arrested Tuesday after allegedly attacking a person who lives across from his church. 

Mark Anthony "Tony" Spell, the pastor of Life Tabernacle Church along Hooper Road, was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for second-degree battery on Tuesday. 

WBRZ spoke with a family member of the victim. They said Spell ran across the four-lane highway and started attacking the victim, who was taken to a hospital and treated. 

This is a developing story.