The 62-year-old Democrat pleaded guilty Tuesday in Harrisburg to forging signatures on her nominating petitions in the 2006 primary, and she was sentenced to a year of probation and 200 hours of community service. Her then-chief of staff, Mary Fiolek, also of Erie, pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced to a year of probation and 100 hours of community service. Each was also fined $1,500. Bebko-Jones retired in November 2006 with a lump-sum payment of about $65,000 and a monthly pension of $2,581, or $30,972 a year. 'An appropriate disposition' 'Not thinking clearly'