Pennsylvania

Man Faces Bigamy Charges After 1st Wife Reports His Marriage to Second Wife: Officials

An Allentown man was arrested after allegedly marrying a second woman while still being married to his first wife. 

Arturo Roberto Reid, 65, of Allentown, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, New York, is charged with bigamy.

On June 13, 2016, Reid’s first wife, who resides in Brooklyn, called the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office and reported her husband had married another woman in Lehigh County, according to investigators. Reid’s first wife found a receipt, dated in February, 2015, from the Lehigh County Marriage License Bureau which showed Reid was listed as “Payor” on the application to marry the Lehigh County woman, officials said.

The report prompted an investigation from a Lehigh County detective. The detective interviewed Reid’s first wife as well as court officials in Lehigh County and Kings County, New York. The detective determined Reid and the Lehigh County woman had applied for an application to marry and received a certificate for a marriage performed by a magisterial district judge on March 13, 2015 in Lehigh County. The detective also determined Reid and his first wife were married in New York in November 26, 2004 and have not been divorced. 

Reid was arraigned Wednesday. His bail was set at $2500 unsecured. He was released on his own recognizance.

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