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NEWS: Man charged with polygamy after unfriending wife on facebook.

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Post by LordRemington Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:31 pm


It's probably a good idea to unfriend one wife on Facebook before marrying another. Generally speaking, a divorce would also be appropriate.

Such was not the case when Richard Leon Barton married a Grand Rapids, Mich. woman several years after skipping out on his first wife, a Rhode Island resident, according to local news website Michigan Live. Barton had been in and out of prison, and had fled Rhode Island to evade parole, but he still managed to stay "friends" with his first wife, at least on Facebook.

Apparently the Rhode Island wife got suspicious when Barton unfriended her on the social network. She poked around and found wedding photos of Barton and his new wife, linked to other Facebook profiles, such as those of Barton's friends and family members. Duly alarmed, the estranged (but still married) wife called the police, and Barton was charged with polygamy.

According to Michigan Live, the second wife thought Barton was divorced. "She had absolutely no idea what was going on," the site quotes Michigan state police detective Denise Bentley as saying.

Polygamy is not a serious crime, but for a repeat offender, it's certainly bad news.

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http://digitallife.today.com/_news/2011/03/18/6296472-man-busted-for-polygamy-after-unfriending-wife-no-1


I'm not sure what's dumber about this story. The fact that he didn't do the smart thing and get a divorce before re-marrying, or the fact he was dumb enough to still have his estranged wife friended on facebook.

This is just another of the many cases of facebook and just the internet in general, getting people into serious trouble, because people are dumb enough to think that what they do on the internet, can't possibly affect their real life.


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Post by Vektrix Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:37 pm

Just get a divorce man, it is easy to forget to, or not bother to unfriend someone - she certainly would have been less suspicious had he unfriended her shortly after skipping out on her.

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