9/24/2009
By Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — A former Altus doctor accused of bringing his child bride to Oklahoma using false papers has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Acting U.S. Attorney Robert Troester says 51-year-old Alexander Christian Miles was sentenced Thursday for using a visa immigration document that contained false information to gain entry into the United States of a child under 18. Miles pleaded guilty in June.
An indictment says Miles met and married a 14-year-old Cambodian girl in 2001, and they moved to Altus the following year.
A federal judge dismissed the case in 2006, but prosecutors re-filed the charge.
Miles' attorney appealed on double jeopardy grounds, but an appeals court panel upheld the charge.
Miles' lawyer couldn't be reached for comment.
Acting U.S. Attorney Robert Troester says 51-year-old Alexander Christian Miles was sentenced Thursday for using a visa immigration document that contained false information to gain entry into the United States of a child under 18. Miles pleaded guilty in June.
An indictment says Miles met and married a 14-year-old Cambodian girl in 2001, and they moved to Altus the following year.
A federal judge dismissed the case in 2006, but prosecutors re-filed the charge.
Miles' attorney appealed on double jeopardy grounds, but an appeals court panel upheld the charge.
Miles' lawyer couldn't be reached for comment.
