GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Southeast Texas man has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing benefits meant for a woman who’s been dead since 2003.

John Stephen Davis was sentenced Wednesday. The 64-year-old Galveston man in June pleaded guilty to embezzlement and theft of federal government benefits.

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