(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City woman is now behind bars for allegedly stealing credits belonging to another slot machine player as Leslie Tawney, 46, was taken into custody last week on charges filed in December of 2021.

According to court documents, the victim had over $240 in credits in a slot machine at the Blue Chip Casino when he stepped away for a moment. Tawney then moved in, cashed out the machine, redeemed the credits at a nearby kiosk, and left the casino. At some point the victim returned and, seeing he had no credits left, notified security, who then used surveillance video to identify Tawney as the alleged thief.

A warrant was soon issued for her arrest, but it took more than two years before she was located and taken into custody on the warrant.

Tawney, formerly of New Buffalo, could face an up to 30-month sentence on the Level 6 felony charge of Cheating at Gambling.