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'Military Mistress' talks about alleged crime spree
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(CBS 8) - A woman accused of marrying military men and taking off with their money is speaking out in an exclusive interview with CBS affiliate WAKA.
Bobbi Ann Finley has arrest warrants in several states, including one in San Diego county.
Last week, Finley walked into the Montgomery, Alabama TV station and started talking about her criminal past.
Finley has a 17-year history of marring military men, giving birth to their children, and then cleaning out their bank accounts. As a result, she's been nicknamed the "military mistress".
"I wouldn't say it was a coincidence because I am attracted to the clean cut, all- American hero," Finley told WAKA. "I wrote bad checks. A lot of these guys would go and get credit cards in their name and then say, ‘Here honey'."
During the interview, Finley defended her past actions with servicemen.
"They're using me at the same time that I was using them," Finley said. Asked what Finley was using the servicemen for, Finley responded, "I thought somebody would love me."
Court records show the 34-year-old has at least four San Diego county victims and dozens more across the country.
Family members say Finley has at least nine children. All of them abandoned and some living with relatives.
"I loved every one of (the children) but I loved them enough to give them a better thing than I could give them," Finley said.
One of Finley's cousins told News 8 in an earlier interview that Finley neglected her children and lost them to child protective services. The cousin, Billie Smith of Northern California, adopted three of the children out of foster homes.
A San Diego arrest warrant and associated felony complaint details hundreds of dollars in bad checks Finley wrote in 1996.
In April of 2005, a Marine Corps brigadier general finally signed an order prohibiting Finley from setting foot on local military bases. The order was issued under one of Finley's numerous aliases, Bobbi A. Wynne.
After hiding out in Alabama for the past several weeks, Finley says she's tired of running and plans on surrendering to authorities in Washington state.
"First think when I get off the bus, somebody will be waiting for me and I will go in and turn myself in," Finley said. "That's the only right thing to do."
The day after WAKA aired Finley's interview, two additional Alabama victims came forward. The Montgomery sheriff's department issued a new arrest warrant for Finley based on those allegations, WAKA reported. Finley remains at large.
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