Bigamist scam artist William Barber – who left a trail of wives heartbroken and financially ruined – is down and out in a Paterson, N.J., homeless shelter.
The Casanova con man’s new address since being sprung on parole from a New Jersey prison March 27 is the Emergency Men’s Shelter in a renovated basement under St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
The shelter is just 27 miles from the suburban Wharton, N.J., home of the last of his at least six wives, devastated Joyce Reynolds, who helped put Barber behind bars after she discovered his history of wife-hopping, aliases, forgery and fraud.
“It makes me a little nervous,” she told The Post of his close proximity. “I don’t know how angry he is.”
Looking pale and gaunt, Barber was clearly irked when a Post reporter found him shuffling around the shelter in a brown fleece sweatsuit, turquoise socks and slippers.
“Have a nice day,” he said grouchily. “I have no comment for you today, and I’ll have no comment in the future, on any topic.”
After trying to block a photographer’s view, he emerged in a suit.
In a blow to his betrayed ex-wives, Barber, 54, served less than 10 months of a three-year prison term for tampering with public records. He admitted using a false name and birth date when he wooed and wed Reynolds in 2001.
He’s now sleeping with homeless guys in a large room with 40 beds and bathing in a communal shower. He i’s served two hearty meals a day by community volunteers. No female visitors are permitted.
He’s also being offered an array of services aimed at helping the destitute get back on their feet. Barber has not yet landed a job, state parole spokesman Ed Bray said last week.
The Lothario louse deserves his new digs, Reynolds said. Barber looted her bank accounts, took out credit cards in her name and used her Social Security number to stick her with his taxes, she said.
“Good,” she said. “All the women he conned lost everything they had. Why shouldn’t he be down and out for a change?”