Some people never learn............
Bond was set at $10,000 Monday for an 86-year-old woman who notched her 61st arrest for shoplifting over the weekend for allegedly taking several items -- including anti-wrinkle cream -- from a North Side grocery.
While setting the bond, Associate Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesel also recommended to the Cook County Sheriff's office that Ella Orko, 86, of an unknown address in Chicago, be placed on an electronic monitoring device, according to Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton.
Orko was charged with felony shoplifting, according to a Belmont District police lieutenant, who said she was arrested at 3 p.m. Sunday at Dominick's Finer Foods in the 2500 block of North Clyborn Avenue.
Orko allegedly took five packs of salmon, 11 packs of AA batteries, two packs of L’Oreal RevitaLift anti-wrinkle cream, eight boxed jars of Olay face cream and four jars of instant coffee, according to the lieutenant.
She was arrested when someone from the store allegedly saw her take the items, which have a total value of $252.26, and place them in her clothing before attempting to exit the store without paying, according to a police report.
Orko, who has been arrested 61 times including Sunday, was arrested for the first time in 1956 in Chicago for petty larceny and again in 1958 for grand larceny, according to the lieutenant.
“She’s a career shoplifter,’’ the lieutenant said.
Police said she has 13 convictions shoplifting, but Simonton, citing court records, could confirm only five, four in Illinois and one in Wisconsin. She said Okro's last conviction -- for retail theft in 2006 -- resulted in prison time before she was paroled in 2007.
Orko's next scheduled court appearance is Monday, Aug. 10, in North Felony Court (Br. 42) at 2452 W. Belmont Ave.
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