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Clingy Texas woman used bizarre trick to MARRY boyfriend without him knowing, cops say
A Texas woman has been arrested after she allegedly staged an entire wedding ceremony without the groom's knowledge - then mailed him the marriage certificate.
Kristin Marie Spearman, 36, was charged with third-degree felony stalking after police say she orchestrated the bizarre fake wedding following her breakup with her 42-year-old ex-boyfriend.
The unnamed victim reported the incident after he received a package from his former girlfriend with what appeared to be an official marriage certificate showing they were husband and wife.
The only issue was that he had never attended any wedding ceremony, according to Beverly Hills Police Chief Kory Martin's office on Friday to report the incident.
The alleged victim told investigators the he and Spearman had been in a relationship and had even obtained a marriage license around June 2.
But the couple had a huge fight and broke up before the wedding could take place to make it official.
Chief Martin told KWKT that Spearman allegedly convinced a pastor to certify the marriage despite the groom being completely absent from the ceremony.
The woman then allegedly took the fraudulent marriage certificate to the county clerk's office and officially filed it.
She then made it appear as though a legitimate wedding had taken place.
The victim only found out about the scheme when his ex sent the marriage certificate in a package.
Police obtained an arrest warrant for third-degree felony stalking and took her into custody.
Spearman was booked into McLennan County Jail.
'I don't think in 23 years, I've ever heard of anybody who managed somehow to get married to someone who wasn't present for a ceremony,' Martin told the outlet.
'I've talked to the victim, and he's going through a significant process to try to have to fix this at this point.'
'So that's a whole other situation. It's not only the concern of what does that mean for my safety my property ... which is a huge conversation in this, but also what I had to do to fix it. '
Martin said his department is not releasing information about which pastor officiated the ceremony as the investigation continues.
