Arrested 396 times: Chicago woman has done it, using 83 aliases, A homeless Chicago woman who has been arrested 396 times in the past 35 years has been ordered by a judge to get mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Shermain Miles, 51, appeared in a Cook County court on Monday, accused of attacking a city alderman. She pleaded guilty to trespassing and public drinking in separate cases....REPORTED..therepublic.com
Judge Peggy Chiampas sentenced Miles to time served after she agreed to undergo a mental health evaluation and get follow-up treatment, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. Miles has been held at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, 65 miles west of Champaign, since December for violating parole.
This undated photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows 51-year-old Shermain Miles of Chicago, who is incarcerated at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Ill.
Miles, who has been arrested 396 times in the past 35 years, has been ordered to get mental health and substance abuse treatment in a deal with prosecutors. She appeared in a Cook County court on Monday, June 10, 2013, to plead guilty to charges she attacked a city alderman She also pleaded guilty to trespassing and public drinking in separate cases.
All of us are reaching out to you and offering you, maybe for the first time in your life, a hand, OK?" Chiampas told Miles. "But you've got to reach out and grab all of our hands as well."
Miles, who has dozens of convictions for felonies and misdemeanors, thanked the judge for her help.
Miles has been arrested 65 times for disorderly conduct and has used at least 83 different aliases. She's well known among merchants and residents in several North Side neighborhoods, including one florist who called police about her 25 times last summer.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Arrested 396 times: Chicago woman has done it, using 83 aliases
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