Kan. man accused of having 2 wives in same complex

[March 20, 2009]  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Authorities said a 61-year-old man allegedly married to two women who lived in the same apartment complex faces charges. The man was charged with bigamy and other felonies.

Officials said police were called to the complex in November when the second wife went to the first wife's apartment to confront the man and found out he was married to someone else.

The man was arrested this week and made his first court appearance Wednesday.

The man was married his first wife 22 years ago. Court records said the second marriage occurred in January 2006. Both women are in their 50s.

The man was also charged with using his father's Social Security card to lease one of the apartments and with stealing jewelry and money from his second wife.

[Associated Press]

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