A woman faces child neglect as well as armed robbery charges after police say she took her kids along to hold up a video gambling parlor.

St. Albans police arrested 28-year-old Melissa Ann Spencer after she allegedly robbed Lewie's in St. Albans Tuesday night.

According to the criminal complaint, the St. Albans woman allegedly entered the business with her two small children, held a pellet pistol to the clerk's head, and demanded money.

Spencer was arrested a short time later at a nearby house. According to the complaint, she told police she was sorry and just wanted a better life for her children.

She was being held Wednesday at the South Central Regional Jail on $100,000 bond. An officer at the jail said he didn't know whether Spencer has a lawyer.