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PITTSBURGH — A woman who dressed as a nurse and abducted a 3-day-old boy from a Pittsburgh hospital in a handbag pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping and related charges.

Breona Moore, 21, of East McKeesport also pleaded guilty to trespassing and concealing the whereabouts of a child moments before she was to stand trial.

Defense attorney Blaine Jones said there was no plea bargain and Moore is “remorseful” and “taking ownership” of her crimes. Moore is ashamed of what she had done and wanted to move forward with her life, Jones told reporters outside court.

Allegheny County prosecutors charged that Moore told friends she had given birth before buying hospital scrubs and pretending to be a nurse at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC in August 2012.

Moore was 5-foot-4 and 230 pounds and tried to convince her family she was pregnant, but her relatives doubted her and called police when they heard about the kidnapping.

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