Jailed Man Charged With Bigamy After 2 Wives Pay Him A Visit

A Virginia man will be spending more time behind bars after his second and third wives showed up to visit him in jail at the same time.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Frank E. Blake Jr.’s visitors led investigators to discover that Blake hadn’t divorced his second wife before he married his third wife. Authorities also say Blake married his second wife before his divorce from his first wife was finalized. It’s unclear why Blake was initially in jail.

Blake pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of bigamy, stemming from the overlap between the end of his first marriage and the start of his second. He was sentenced to 1.5 years imprisonment, with 3.5 years suspended.

Blake says he didn’t realize he was committing a felony.

(Here’s his mugshot)

 

(Huffington Post)