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A Middlesex County woman admitted that she claimed over $150,000 of her mother’s Social Security benefits for nearly eight years after she died, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Deborah Bailey, 68, of Piscataway, pleaded guilty in Trenton federal court to theft of public money, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey. Bailey’s mother began collecting benefits from the Social Security Administration in January 1997 and died on July 1, 2016, the office said. It was unclear how and where the mother died and a spokeswoman...