A Jersey City woman charged with shoplifting at the Newport Centre Mall yesterday has 27 prior convictions for the offense and the new charge represents her 50th arrest, officials said.

Bail was set at $20,000 with a 10 percent option when Pamela Miller, 53, of Dales Avenue, made her first court appearance on the charge today she shoplifted numerous items at Macy's yesterday.

Miller allegedly tried to steal eight shirts worth $360, three headphones worth $300, a shoulder bag worth $108, two cushion sets worth $200 and jewelry worth $100, the criminal complaint says. She is alleged to have attempted to conceal the item and leave the store with them, the complaint says.

Miller has nine aliases and was in state prison from Aug. 22, 2001 to March 11, 2003 and Aug. 15, 2003 to Oct. 3, 2003 for robbery, corrections records say. She also has criminal convictions for another robbery count and two shoplifting counts, court officials said.

She made her first appearance on the new charge in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.