Kari Euztler

VALDOSTA — The woman suspected of robbing a Rite Aid store at knifepoint has been released from the hospital after being treated for a prescription drug overdose.

Valdosta Police Department Lt. Bobbi McGraw said that 37-year-old Kari Eutzler was released from South Georgia Medical Center around 10 a.m. Wednesday and transported to Lowndes County Jail, where she was booked on charges of armed robbery and possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony.

Lowndes County Sheriff Chris Prine said Eutzler is “under close watch” at the jail.

A few hours after Eutzler’s arrest on Monday, she was transported to the South Georgia Medical Center emergency room for observation after she claimed to have ingested several OxyContin pills.

McGraw said that it did appear that the robbery suspect ingested some pills, but authorities were not sure how many.

Ultimately Eutzler was admitted into the hospital, where she was treated for two days.

At approximately 9:45 a.m. Monday, Eutzler allegedly entered the Rite Aid in the 3200 block of North Oak Street Extension, displayed a knife when she got to the pharmacy area of the store and forcefully took medication, McGraw said. After threatening employees with the knife, the suspect exited the store with the medication.

No injuries were reported.

Valdosta Police Department officers were dispatched to the store shortly after the robbery was reported. Employees gave police a description of the offender and the direction in which she fled.

Valdosta Police Officer Carl Dudley, who was in the area, located and apprehended Eutzler within minutes. The knife used in the robbery, as well as the medication taken from the pharmacy, were recovered from Eutzler’s possession, McGraw said.