Man charged with bigamy after wives' Facebook encounter

A Seattle-area corrections officer has been charged with bigamy after his two wives learned about each other on Facebook, prosecutors say.Alan O’Neill, 41, married his first wife in 2001, when he was known as Alan Fulk. The couple split up eight years later, and Fulk moved out, but the pair never divorced, the newspaper reported.

Last December, he reportedly petitioned to have his name changed to O’Neill before marrying his second wife.The first wife allegedly learned about the second wife when Facebook recommended the two women become “friends,” Prosecutor Mark Lindquist told.