COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – A local journalist from Columbia news station WACH FOX 57 has been arrested on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography, according to the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office.
The attorney general’s office said Matt Vereen, who worked as a weekend news anchor and sports reporter, was arrested Wednesday and taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
The attorney general’s office said Matt Vereen, who worked as a weekend news anchor and sports reporter, was arrested Wednesday and taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
Vereen was indicted on two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one in the second degree and one in the third degree.
According to Vereen’s LinkedIn page, he worked as a sports anchor and reporter at the news station for nearly three years, and prior to that he worked as a sports reporter and anchor at KOLR in Springfield, Missouri.
Alvin S. Glenn Bail Court confirmed Vereen was being held on $40,000 cash bond, with bail conditions including no access to personal internet, no use of social media outside of work, and no contact with minors without adult supervision.
WIS News 10 reached out to WACH FOX 57 for comment but did not receive a response.
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