Arrested 396 times: Chicago woman has done it, using 83 aliases
Is it possible to get arrested 396 times?
A Chicago woman has done it.
Shermain Miles accepted a plea deal Monday after pleading guilty to charges she attacked a city alderman. She also pleaded guilty to trespassing and public drinking in separate cases.聽
A judge sentenced her to time served in all three cases because Ms. Miles agreed to undergo a mental-health evaluation and get follow-up treatment, the Associated Press reports.
鈥淎ll of us are reaching out to you and offering you, maybe for the first time in your life, a hand, OK?鈥� Judge Peggy Chiampas told Miles, . 鈥淏ut you鈥檝e got to reach out and grab all of our hands as well.鈥�
Miles thanked the judge and told her 鈥淚鈥檓 not that person.鈥澛�
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that: "Since 1978, Chicago Police alone have arrested Miles 396 time ... under at least 83 different aliases. Those arrests include 92 times for theft, 65 for disorderly conduct, 59 for prostitution-related crimes and five for robbery or attempted robbery."
Miles is homeless and has been in the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Ill., since December, . She had been released in April 2011 after serving three years for an armed robbery conviction. But multiple arrests while on parole prompted her return to prison.
In the majority of those cases, Miles is arrested, released and never convicted, according to the Sun-Times. The Cook County state鈥檚 attorney鈥檚 office counts 73 convictions in all.
鈥淲e also need her to come to court,鈥� Fabio Valentini, chief of Cook County鈥檚 Criminal Prosecutions Bureau told the Sun-Times. 鈥淵ou can see that in a great many cases, she fails to appear in court.鈥�
