Yesterday Superior Court Judge Charles Brehmer Placed twenty-three year old Callie Feezell on five years of Felony Probation following her guilty plea to one count of Robbery pursuant to Penal Code Section 212.5(C), along with an enhancement of being armed with a firearm.   She faced a maximum sentence of 15 years in State Prison.

Mrs. Feezell had entered the Walgreens Pharmacy on Chester Avenue last summer armed with her father’s 9mm firearm, walked up to the pharmacy and pointed the loaded weapon at the pharmacist while demanding “boxes of oxycodone’.  She then returned to her parents and their car that was waiting outside and fled the scene.  She was apprehended a few miles from pharmacy.

“This was an extraordinary disposition and opportunity afforded to Mrs. Feezell”, said her attorney Mark Anthony Raimondo following the Judge’s Ruling.  He continued, “She was suffering from the opiate withdrawals which she severely underestimated., and in a moment of desperation she took her father’s gun and made this terrible decision, we are very grateful that no one was injured”.  Mr. Raimondo also pointed out that Mrs. Feezell had no prior criminal record, and she was a junior at the University of Tennessee. In an attempt to break her addiction, Mrs. Feezell left Tennessee on a road trip with her parents without any pills.  She was hoping to force herself sober.  However, once the withdrawal symptoms intensified she made this desperate attempt to bring relief to herself.

The Court did note that Mrs. Feezell had successfully complete a long-term rehabilitation during the course of the last nine months while this case was pending and had a promising future ahead of her now that her addiction issues have been properly addressed. 

We asked Mr. Raimondo about Mrs. Feezell’s future plans, and he stated she is very sorry for her actions and hopes that she can be an example to other young people struggling with opiate addictions.