CARY, N.C. — Two women married to the same North Carolina man teamed up this week to turn him over to police, one of the wives said.
A third woman came forward Thursday to say that she, too, is married to the same man.
Police charged Keron Lamont Wilkins, 30, with one felony count of bigamy, according to an arrest warrant filed at the Wake County Magistrate’s Office Tuesday.
In North Carolina, bigamy is a Class 1 felony, punishable by four to 10 months in prison.
Police accused Wilkins of marrying Shannetta Dawn Stone, 32, of Richmond, Va., on March 20 while he was married to Chaka Miles Wilkins, his wife of eight years and the mother of his children, ages 4 and 8 months.
Thursday, Jenean Baker, 34, of Atlanta said she and Wilkins wed Nov. 25, 2005, in Miami. She said Wilkins had her name tattooed on his chest.
Thursday morning, Baker said that she knew Keron Wilkins had been married to Chaka Wilkins. But she said her husband gave her the impression the relationship was over.
“About four months after we were married, Chaka called me and told me he was already married,” Baker said.
Baker said she was shocked at the phone call. She said she was shocked again to learn via news accounts this week about his marriage to Stone.
She described Wilkins as “a charming, handsome smooth-talker.”
“He got me,” she said. “He got me good.”
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