Beach officials charge Navy pilot with bigamy, By MATTHEW DOLAN , The Virginian-Pilot

Beach officials charge Navy pilot with bigamy, By MATTHEW DOLAN , The
Virginian-Pilot

(EXCERPT) © April 7, 2004 |
Last updated 10:19 PM Apr. 6

VIRGINIA BEACH — Did Lt. Cmdr. Karlis I. Burton commit a crime or make
an innocent mistake?

Earlier this year, the Navy investigated a claim that Burton, a
married man, had wed another woman illegally. His wife provided
evidence – two marriage certificates, hers and the other woman’s from
a Virginia Beach court record.

But Burton’s commanding officer passed on filing criminal charges.

“I went through the Navy first, but they didn’t take it seriously,”
said Nastashia Woodard-Burton, who married Burton in January 1998 in
Las Vegas and remains in a contested divorce proceeding. “That
infuriated me. I saw it as the Navy protecting its own.”

On Monday, Virginia Beach police did what the Navy wouldn...

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