Alabama deputies reviewing why ‘military mistress’ and her husband were released
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama authorities say they are reviewing why a sheriff ’s deputy released a woman who’s wanted in three states and dubbed the “Military Mistress” for her multiple suspected encounters with service members and their bank accounts.
The Mobile County Sheriff ’ s Office confirmed that a deputy recently stopped Bobbi Ann Finley and her husband near Interstate 10.
The woman is wanted on check fraud charges in three states but wasn’t arrested.
Lori Myles, a spokeswoman for the Mobile sheriff, said Thursday it wasn’t clear exactly when the woman was stopped, but Oregon authorities said they found out what had happened on Tuesday morning. The Oregon authorities say the couple was in a stolen car at the time of the stop.
“We are investigating the communication between the deputy and our ( radio) operator as to why Bobbi Ann was released,” said Myles.
The woman’s whereabouts were unknown Friday.
“I don’t know where she is now,” said Sgt. Chris Baldridge of the Marion County Sheriff ’s Department in Oregon, which first revealed Alabama authorities had let the woman go.
Finley got the “Military Mistress” nickname in 2010 when she was suspected of moving from one military base to the next and marrying service members to gain access to their bank accounts. In all, authorities say she married 14 men.
Finley, 39, and her husband, Zackerie House, 27, are now wanted on check charges in Colorado, Oklahoma and Oregon.
Marion County officials said the couple wrote bad checks totaling almost $13,500 in March and appeared to be purchasing items that could be used for camping or living in rural or remote areas. They were at one point driving a 2005 Cadillac Escalade with an Oregon license plate.
It wasn’t clear why Finley might have been in Alabama, but court records show she pleaded guilty to theft of services in the state in 2011. She was credited with serving 252 days in jail and received three years on probation.
Authorities asked an Alabama judge to revoke Finley’s probation in January, alleging she owed the state $ 7,412 in court- ordered payments and hadn’t made a payment since May 2014.