Man accused of sex with horse moves to Columbia jail
LONGS, S.C. (WMBF) - The Longs man accused of having sex with a horse for a second time has been moved to the Kirkland Detention Center in Columbia on Thursday. Rodell Vereen, 50, was charged with buggery in July and was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation. He was determined competent to stand trial and appeared before Judge Larry Hyman and pleaded guilty. Hyman suspended Vereen's five-year sentence to three years in jail and two years probation. He further recommended Vereen to get mental health help while on probation. When Vereen was charged with buggery in July, he was already on probation for a previous buggery charge involving the same horse. That first buggery charge resulted in a three-year jail sentence for Vereen, but that sentence was suspended to probation for Vereen. Barbara Kenley said she caught Vereen having sex with her horse called "Sugar." He was charged in July after Kenley called law enforcement officers to Lazy B Stables. Kenley said she caught Vereen in the act after she installed surveillance cameras in her barn. According to a police report, Kenley caught Vereen at the stable in July and held him at shotgun-point until police arrived. In an interview with WMBF-TV, Vereen said he had been struggling with schizophrenia and had not been taking his medication. "I'm very sorry for letting [my family] down like that, and for doing things like that," said Rodell Vereen earlier this year. "We weren't brought up doing that. I was wrong for doing the things like that, but I'll try my very best to admit to my wrongdoings. I hope they accept me for who I am and the things I've done in the past. I've tried my very best to better."
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