A Birmingham woman armed with a promise, or a threat, tried to rob a Forestdale bank Wednesday morning. 
 
 The holdup attempt happened just before 10 a.m. at Regions Bank in the 1300 block of Tomahawk Road in Forestdale. Jefferson County Chief Deputy Randy Christian said deputies responded to a report that a black female had entered the bank and handed the manager a note demanding money. 
 
 Deputies arrived on scene quickly and found the suspect still inside the bank. She was taken into custody and is currently being questioned by detectives. 
 
 Christian said information from the scene is that the would-be robber passed a note to the manager demanding $6,000 from the vault. The note read that, if the manager complied, he would be rewarded with a sexual favor. If he refused, she would claim that he had sexually assaulted her. 
 
 "I don't think I have ever heard of an attempt to rob a bank quite like this,'' Christian said. "Our deputies were on the scene very quickly and saved this employee from something. I'm not sure exactly what but we saved him from something." 
 
 The woman will be taken to the Jefferson County Jail to await formal charges. 

 The woman was arrested during an attempted bank robbery on Wednesday morning has been formally charged. 
 
 Rachel Camille Calhoun, of Birmingham, is charged with first-degree attempted extortion and first-degree attempted theft. 
 
 Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a report of a robbery in progress at the Regions Bank branch on Tomahawk Road in Forestdale. 
 
 Police arrived on scene and found the 24-year-old woman still inside the bank. 
 
 Authorities say the woman passed a note to the manager demanding $6,000 from the vault. The note read that, if the manager complied, he would be rewarded with a sexual favor, but if he refused she would claim that he had sexually assaulted her. 
 
 Calhoun remains in Jefferson County Jail with bond set at $10,000. 
 
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– "I don't think I have ever heard of an attempt to rob a bank quite like this,'' says Jefferson County Chief Deputy Randy Christian in Alabama. It's easy to see why: Police say a 24-year-old woman entered a bank in Forestdale Wednesday morning and delivered the manager a note with a strange demand, reports Al.com. If he handed over $6,000, the woman would provide him a sexual favor and be on her way. If he refused, she would accuse him of sexual assault. The manager refused to hand over the money, and deputies soon arrived and arrested Rachel Camille Calhoun of Birmingham, who WBRC reports is charged with first-degree attempted extortion and first-degree attempted theft. "Our deputies were on the scene very quickly and saved this employee from something," says Christian. "I'm not sure exactly what, but we saved him from something."