Wash. man pleads guilty to bigamy in Facebook case

11:23 AM, Sep 14, 2012   |    comments
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The Tacoma News Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/QfMKDy ) 42-year-old Alan O'Neill says he's "embarrassed and remorseful." 

He was charged in March after his first wife learned of his second wife through a Facebook "people you may know" notification and alerted authorities.

The second woman's profile photo showed her and O'Neill dressed in fancy clothes and standing near a wedding cake. 

O'Neill was spared jail time but will be on probation for a year. He has annulled his second marriage and is divorcing his first wife. 

His first wife wrote a letter supporting O'Neill, saying the media coverage has been enough punishment.

O'Neill's future as a Pierce County jailer remains in question.

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