City woman held in Alabama robbery
Published 12:00 pm Thursday, June 10, 2010
A Vicksburg woman was in the Tuscaloosa, Ala., County Jail today charged in an armed robbery at a hotel.
Leslie Smith, 42, no address given, is accused of walking into the lobby of Hilton Garden Inn, 800 Hollywood Blvd., Tuscaloosa, and demanding money while showing a handgun, said Brent Blankley, public information officer for the Tuscaloosa Police Department.
As Smith left the hotel empty-handed, police arrested her, Blankley said.
No injuries were reported.
She was being held on a $15,000 bond on the Alabama charge of robbery in the first.