Posted on 07/28/2010 9:53:22 AM PDT by Colofornian
POCATELLO (AP) - An Idaho state judge has sentenced a convicted bigamist to up to three years in prison and set a restitution hearing for late August.
Christopher Cameron was sentenced Monday by 6th District Judge Robert Naftz, who gave him credit for the nine months he has spent in jail. Cameron pleaded guilty to felony bigamy in April.
Tonya Gifford Kunz, a former Pocatello woman who was married to Cameron for five weeks before filing for an annulment in February 2009, told authorities that he lied to her about his income, assets, health and last name and left her with a huge amount of debt.
Cameron married another woman, who lives in Utah, in 2007. The Idaho State Journal reports he left her shortly before their first anniversary and she is still trying to divorce him.
The judge cited a criminal hearing going back three decades, before imposing the sentence.
"I think you're a flimflam man," Naftz said. "You take advantage of situations and people."
But Cameron's attorney, Randall Schulthies, said that while Cameron's record is extensive, he only had one felony charge against him and most of the other cases against him were either reduced or dismissed.
"This is not the crime of the century," Schulthies said.
Both women said they met Cameron on a Mormon dating website. Gifford Kunz said the sham marriage deeply affected her and her family.
"Cameron is a predator who takes advantage of single mothers," she said. "The first opportunity he has, he will do it again."
Bonnie Cameron of Ogden, Utah, said she would have liked to see Cameron get the maximum sentence of three years fixed in prison...
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When are we TAXPAYERS going to get FEDS UP with the GOVERNMENT taking OUR money and GIVING it to others?
When are we TAXPAYERS going to get FED UP with the GOVERNMENT taking OUR money and GIVING it to others?
Feds Up!?
It won’t matter; for some stupid JUDGE will rule that whatEVER we do would INTERFER with FEDERAL LAW!
I’m am about ready to INTERFER with a BUNCH of things!
(Put THIS in my DOSSIER!)
More narrowly, Yemenite Jews didn’t follow the Jewish ban on polygamy...also polygamy is permitted among non-Ashkenazi Jews and Ashkenazi Jews who obtain special permission of 100 rabbis, but that’s rare because most local jurisdictions ban polygamy...magritte
Interesting. 100 Rabbis. I don’t think anyone could get 100 people to agree in unison on anything. Thanks for the info.
I can only think of mass resistance to paying taxes period. If enough people join in, they can’t put us all in jail.
Polygamy isn’t good for children or the taxpayer. I realize the number of poly.’s is small, but it is growing, with the Hmong and other refugees, mormon sects, some muslims, etc. If and when marriage is routinely redefined, I’m betting we’ll see even more.
Have you noticed that Smith in the mormonmomma.com one looks an awfully lot like Warren Jeffs?
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