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Man sentenced after stealing $350,000 worth of SS benefits

BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Bradford County man who spent nearly two decades in prison for stealing from the dead walks away with probation. Prosecutors say 76-year-old Richard Burke never told the government his mother died in 2005, and kept withdrawing her social security and veterans benefits until 2022, totaling up to $350,000. His sentence: one year [...]