A Texas police chief accused of cheating on his wife with two women, neither of whom apparently knew the other, resigned after being arrested on suspicion of faking a wedding annulment he showed to one of his girlfriends, officials said.
The city of Stinnett announced the resignation of chief Jason Collier “with immediate effect”, according to a statement released on Thursday.
Collier, 41, was arrested on Thursday for investigating “tampering with a government record / with the intention of defrauding”, which is a crime, said the sergeant. Cindy Barkley of the Texas Department of Public Security in a statement.
“Collier reportedly sent a text message to the victim with a fraudulent government record attached,” said Barkley. “The document was a fraudulent marriage annulment.”
The Texas Rangers launched a criminal investigation on Tuesday at the request of the Hutchinson County Public Prosecutor, Barkley said.
Cecily Steinmetz of Amarillo, Texas, said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that she was Collier’s girlfriend until Monday, when she said she discovered “Boss Jason Collier is living a double / triple life.”
“He lied to me and presented me with false annulment documents when I found out he was married,” wrote Steinmetz. “I also found out about a second girlfriend … last night. He lied to us, our children, and asked us to marry him.”
