Jan 27, 2021 A local man, part of a couple awaiting trial for using their adopted children as slave labor in a puppy mill operation, will remain in jail after a state district judge denied a reduction in his bond. Courtesy photo A local man, part of a couple awaiting trial for using their adopted children as slave labor in a puppy mill operation, will remain in jail after a state district judge denied a reduction in his bond. Jeffery Barrett, 64, of Greenville, who has been in custody since 2018, will also have to wait a little longer for the trial on an indictment of trafficking of persons-continuous, as 354th District Court Judge Keli Aiken postponed jury selection in Jeffery Barrettâs case for another three months.