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First Holy Communion held at St. Therese’s Church in Shavertown

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Happy birthday Austyn Lepore!

<p>PITTSBURGH (AP) &#8212; A retired state trooper who forged a dead judge&#8217;s signature to avoid paying part of his pension to his ex-wife will spend nearly four years in prison.</p><p>Fifty-one-year-old Steven Grados of Monongahela was convicted of mail fraud and forging and counterfeiting a federal court seal in February. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports Grados was sentenced to 46 months in prison and fined $7,500 by U.S. District Judge Kim Gibson in Johnstown.</p><p>According to information presented at trial, in 2013 and 2014 Grados created and twice mailed to the Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System, the agency that administers pensions for state employees, a fraudulent court order directing it to stop paying his ex-wife a portion of his pension.</p><p>Jurors found that Grados forged the judge&#8217;s signature in these letters.</p><style>
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Pa. trooper who forged dead judge’s signature gets nearly 4 years in prison