Troubled Redmond O’Neal charged with felony drug possession
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Troubled Redmond O’Neal has been formally charged with a felony count of drug possession after he was arrested over the weekend.
The son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal appeared in a California court, where his attorney asked for his bail to be reduced.
But a judge denied the request and instead raised the bail amount from $25,000 to $75,000.
Redmond, 24, wearing a prison blue jumpsuit and looking tired, appeared at the Newhall Municipal Court in Santa Clarita, California to face charges that he was carrying heroin and Xanax on him when he was visiting a friend at a county jail.
He is currently still in custody but is also due in a Malibu court this week in connection with a probation violation related to being kicked out of rehab last week.
Redmond has been in and out of drug rehab several times and fled from one last week.
He was arrested at 9.30am on Sunday in the visitors parking lot of the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, California and charged with possession of a controlled substance.
While police can and do routinely search the cars of visitors to the Pitchess Detention Center, sources close to the O’Neal family said Redmond, who was driving, was acting erratically and drew attention to himself.
Meanwhile, Redmond’s mother, Farrah Fawcett, is still currently hospitalized in the Los Angeles area, suffering a serious setback in her battle against cancer.
Source: Splash News