Tinfoil Robber Sentenced

In a followup to a previous HBO post ( here ), David Hickam, the guy who stole 5 cents worth of tinfoil and then used pepper spray on the security guard who tried to subdue him, was sentenced to prison yesterday.   Hickam received the 47 month sentence Thursday after a jury found him guilty of first degree robbery.  In addition to prison time, he will get mandatory drug treatment and is prohibited from entering any Rite Aid for the next twenty years.

Hickam’s sister in law, Lorelei Hickam thinks the case was overcharged. “It’s just unrealistic to think that David was the aggressor in this situation. That’s why David had pepper spray . He was always victimized and he didn’t fight. He wouldn’t throw punches. He never had a gun or a knife or anything like that,” Hickam said.

Had this been Hickam’s first conviction instead of his twenty first, perhaps the court would have handed down a different sentence.  More details and video report here .

Note:  The prosecutor in this case is my brother-in-law, Tony Hazel.  The kids were very excited to see their uncle on television yesterday regarding this story.