The Brief
- Mesa resident Charod Choice, 42, was arrested and charged with felony bigamy after authorities discovered he married a second woman without divorcing his first wife.
- Court records indicate Choice married his first wife in Tucson in 2013 and remarried in Phoenix in February 2026, later telling police he failed to obtain a divorce because he could not find her.
- Choice’s first wife told investigators she desires criminal prosecution, leading to his arrest and subsequent release on his own recognizance.
PHOENIX – A Mesa man has been arrested on a felony bigamy charge after authorities discovered he married a second woman in Phoenix while still legally married to his first wife, according to court records.
What we know:
Police took 42-year-old Charod Lee Choice into custody on Oct. 27 after investigators uncovered records showing he never dissolved a 2013 marriage before walking down the aisle again earlier this year.…