KissMyGrits
04-29-2007, 05:02 PM
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-429idol,0,2650513.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
TAMPA -- A former 'American Idol' finalist was arrested Sunday on felony battery charges after she allegedly hit a man on the head with a heavy glass, police said.
Jessica Sierra, 21, a top-10 contestant on the hit show in 2005, was booked in the Hillsborough County Jail on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
She was also charged with possession of cocaine and introduction of contraband into a correctional facility after booking officers found a "small amount of cocaine'' while searching her, Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said in a statement.
Davis said the incident happened at a Tampa cafe about 1:52 a.m. Sunday. The victim suffered a cut over his eye, but the spokeswoman offered no further information.
Sierra, of Tampa, was being held Sunday on bonds totaling $11,500.
TAMPA -- A former 'American Idol' finalist was arrested Sunday on felony battery charges after she allegedly hit a man on the head with a heavy glass, police said.
Jessica Sierra, 21, a top-10 contestant on the hit show in 2005, was booked in the Hillsborough County Jail on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
She was also charged with possession of cocaine and introduction of contraband into a correctional facility after booking officers found a "small amount of cocaine'' while searching her, Tampa police spokeswoman Andrea Davis said in a statement.
Davis said the incident happened at a Tampa cafe about 1:52 a.m. Sunday. The victim suffered a cut over his eye, but the spokeswoman offered no further information.
Sierra, of Tampa, was being held Sunday on bonds totaling $11,500.