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Criminal

Apr. 10, 2009

Woman Admits Faking Judges' Signatures

A one-time baggage screener at Los Angeles International Airport has admitted to forging two federal judges' signature on phony habeas documents in a failed attempt to spring her husband - a convicted murderer - from state prison.

By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A onetime baggage screener at Los Angeles International Airport has admitted to forging the signatures of two federal judges on phony habeas documents in a failed bit to spring her husband - a convicted murderer - from state prison.

Danielle Denise Jones pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of forgery in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, the chief judge of the Northern D...

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