When I first read this story, I thought it was a joke. Alas, it is not.

From Associated Press

A South Carolina man caught on video having sex with a horse was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty for the second time in two years to abusing the creature.

Rodell Vereen was also ordered never to go near the stable where the horse’s owner caught him and held him for authorities at shotgun point over the summer. He apologized to the woman and to himself after admitting to buggery at the Horry County courthouse.

“I’m sorry about what I’ve done. I didn’t mean to do it. It’s my fault. I’m sorry for what I’ve done to myself,” Vereen said during Wednesday’s court hearing.

Vereen was arrested in July after Barbara Kenley caught him entering the barn at Lazy B Stables in Longs, about 20 miles northeast of Myrtle Beach. She had been staking out the stable for more than a week after setting up a surveillance camera and videotaping Vereen’s assault on her 21-year-old horse named Sugar.

Kenley said she became suspicious because her horse was acting strange and getting infections, and she noticed things were moved around the barn and dirt was piled up near the horse’s stall.

Vareen was sentenced to probation in 2007 for having sex with the same animal.  He was sentenced to a five-year prison stint with the possibility of release in three years.

Delonte West, the starting shooting guard for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers is in hot water after being indicted on eight counts of carrying and concealing multiple guns while riding a motorcycle in Maryland.

From ESPN.com

West was indicted on two counts of carrying a dangerous weapon, two counts of carrying a handgun, two counts of transporting a handgun, and one count each of reckless driving and negligent driving. The charges are all misdemeanors. Each of the weapons counts carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.

West was initially charged with just two counts of carrying a handgun and with driving in excess of reasonable and prudent speed.

Court records don’t list a lawyer for West. His agent, Noah Croom, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

West has been treated in the past for bipolar disorder, and last week his wife filed a domestic violence report against him in Ohio. No charges have been filed in that incident.

Al Sharpton used his Twitter account to blast New York cops for the “unfair treatment” of his daughter and ex-wife during a traffic dispute.

Kathy Jordan (Sharpton’s ex) and Dominique Sharpton were arrested in New York after the daughter allegedly ran through a stoplight and was pulled over by police.

Dominique called her mother who came to the scene. The pair were arrested after having a heated exchange with the officers, according to the New York Daily News. Both were issued tickets and released later that evening.

After an exhausting manhunt, a suspected Cleveland rapist is in police custody after police officers discover six female bodies in his home.

Police originally came to the home of 50-year-old Anthony Sowell’s to serve an arrest warrant for an allege sexual assault .  Sowell was not inside the home but police discovered five female victims were found inside the home, and another female body was discovered outside the home, said Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) Coroner Frank Miller III, to CNN.com.

As police scoured the city in pursuit of the suspect, a citizen informed police of Sowell’s whereabouts.   He was arrested without incident Saturday.

A Detroit grandmother testified in court on Tuesday that her own 19-year-old step-grandson raped her repeatedly then begged her not to tell anyone.

Lee Aaron Moorer is facing several counts of criminal sexual conduct and will spend years in prison, if convicted.

The grandmother has a medical condition which requires her to take medication that causes her to go asleep. While drowsy, she claims her grandson forced himself on top of her and allegedly proceeded to rape her. After the attack, the grandson sent her several text messages pleading with her to keep it secret.

The grandmother said the rapes happened after she allowed her grandson and his mother to move into her home.

His grandmother told a reporter that she hopes her son is convicted and “violated” in prison.

“If he goes to jail, I hope they rape him. I hope they make him somebody’s princess,” she said.

Josh Lomax III, 21, Hakim Muhammad, 20 and Jamal Todd, 21 are in police custody facing charges stemming from the murder of 20-year-old college student and star football player, Jasper Howard.

UPDATE: Hampton University confirms that Theo Smalling died from his injuries. Click here for more information.

The captain of the Hampton University basketball team is in critical condition after being shot in a club parking lot.

Theo Smalling, a 22-year-old senior majoring in sports management, was accidentally shot by Domonique Smith early Saturday morning. Smith is charged with one count of Reckless Handling of a Firearm.

President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law legislation that makes it a federal crime to assault an individual based on sexual preference or gender identity.

While not advocating the taunting or murder of gay or transgendered people, some ministers are concerned their opinions on homosexuality may be considered hate speech.

Much of the nation was in shock when Meghan Williams, then a 20-year-old Black woman from West Virginia was gang raped and tortured by seven whites.

She said she was made to drink water from a toilet and had her hair pulled out from the roots.

Civil rights leaders called for swift action. Prosecutors quickly jumped into action as six people are in jail for their crimes. Too bad that they’re innocent.

Williams said she made the story up to get back at her abusive boyfriend.

To be fair prosecutors said other evidence, than Williams testimony led to their convictions.

A night attendant at the Hamilton County (Cincinnati) Morgue was doing more than providing assistance to autopsy examiners.

Kenneth Douglas, 56, admitted in court to having sex with at least three female corpses, including a murdered woman who was “nearly beheaded” according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Abusing a corpse is a felony in Ohio with a maximum three year sentence.