Lycoming County Prison inmate Kevin Maurice Wright faces additional charges for forging his attoney’s signature on a motion in which Wright was withdrawing the lawyer’s services because of various issues, it was alleged in an affidavit filed by a county detective.

From the prison, the 40-year-Wright mailed a document in early November to the Lycoming County Clerk Office that was a false “motion to withdraw the appearance” of his attorney, the detective said.

It was alleged that Wright, awaiting trial on assault charges, forged the attorney’s signature on two pages of the document, the detective said.

Upon seeings the signatures, an employee in the Clerk of Courts Office, familiar with the lawyer’s signature, knew they were bogus, the detective said. The document was given to the county prothonotary, who showed it to Wright’s attorney, who confirmed they were not his signatures, the detective said.

Wright, whose last known address was of Altoona, has now been charged with unsworn falsification to authorities and fabricating physical evidence. Following his arraignment before District Judge Aaron Biichle, Wright was recommitted in lieu of additional $5,000 bail. He has since been held for court on both misdemeanor charges.