Woman pleads guilty to polygamy
2006-08-24 07:28
Michigan - A woman who authorities say made a habit of marrying men and draining their finances pleaded guilty on Wednesday to polygamy.
Kyle McConnell admitted to a Macomb circuit court judge that she knowingly wed Doug Rice while she already was married. Her sentencing hearing was set for September 23.
McConnell, 46, is currently serving a sentence of 22 months to 10 years in prison for trying to defraud another husband, Richard McConnell.
Prosecutors said she passed bad cheques written to Richard McConnell and his family that were drawn on the bank account of yet another man, Len Battaglia, whom she had married at some point.
Her lawyer argued that she could not be charged with polygamy for the September 2005 marriage to Rice because her marriage to Richard McConnell was invalid - she was already married to Battaglia when she married McConnell, defence attorney Robert McClellan said.
Authorities say Kyle McConnell may have had 15 husbands at one time or another, though it is unclear how many overlapped.
She could face up to four years in prison when she is sentenced.
- AP