{"id":8626,"date":"2015-01-17T23:10:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T07:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2015-01-17T23:17:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T07:17:32","slug":"bank-robber-admitted-forging-judges-signature-sentenced-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=8626","title":{"rendered":"A Bank Robber Who Admitted Forging a Judge’s Signature Sentenced to Six Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gavel\"<\/a>PITTSBURGH<\/strong>\u2014An inmate at SCI-Houtzdale, located in Houtzdale, plead guilty and was sentenced to six months behind bars for forging a judge’s signature, federal officials said.<\/p>\n

Michael J. Kramer<\/strong>, 31, formerly of New Kensington, Pa., and currently serving a sentence for a state parole violation at SCI Houtzdale.<\/p>\n

He admitted creating the fake document to release him with the judge’s signature at the prison law library, officials said.<\/p>\n

Last month, Kramer was sentenced by Judge David S. Cercone<\/strong> to 20 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on his armed bank robbery and firearms conviction.<\/p>\n

Judge Arthur Schwab<\/strong> ordered that the six-month sentence for the forgery conviction should run concurrently or together with the robbery and firearms conviction<\/p>\n

According to the evidence, these are the facts and circumstances surrounding this case:<\/strong><\/p>\n