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.

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No injuries were reported.

She was being held on a $15,000 bond on the Alabama charge of robbery in the first.