June 12, 2013 (CHICAGO) -- 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.
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.
"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.
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