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A Connecticut woman was arrested early Monday in Willimantic, charged with robbing her rental limo driver at gunpoint in front of her own home.

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WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - Chances are Melanie Roberts will not soon forget her 50th birthday party.

Melanie Roberts

That was the time she was arrested for robbing her own limousine driver at gunpoint, right in front of her home on Jackson Street, police said.

Roberts was arrested at her home early Monday and charged with armed robbery, larceny, breach of the peace, threatening to commit a crime and carrying a firearm while under the influence of alcohol.

Roberts and some friends rented a limo to party in New York City to celebrate her 50th birthday, which was Feb. 15. On the trip home, Roberts got into an argument with the driver about her bill, police said.

The driver told police that when they stopped near her house, Roberts grabbed the keys out of the ignition and ran in the house. She came out moments later armed with a 9 mm handgun and threatened to shoot the tires on the car, police said.

Roberts is accused of taking a GPS mapping device and a clipboard containing money and her signed contract from the front seat of the car, and then running back into the house.

The driver called 911 and Roberts was arrested a short time later. The gun was found in her possession when she was taken into custody, police said.

She is due to be arraigned on the charges Monday. She was released on $100,000 bond.