PITTSBURGH (AP) — A northwestern Pennsylvania county councilman was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in federal prison for using a fraudulent Social Security number after his attempt to withdraw a guilty plea failed earlier this week.

U.S. District Judge Sean McLaughlin ordered Erie County Councilman Ebert “Bill” Beeman to report to prison within the next few weeks and to serve two years’ probation after completing the prison sentence.

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