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Groups joining forces to tackle homelessness

A homeless man named Tony "Long John" Brown sits on a crate at a Gainesville homeless camp near Cooley Drive. Brown's body was found recently behind an abandoned house. Local agencies are joining forces to do a better job of fighting homelessness.

0125homeless6 — A homeless man named Tony "Long John" Brown sits on a crate at a Gainesville homeless camp near Cooley Drive. Brown's body was found recently behind an abandoned house. Local agencies are joining forces to do a better job of fighting homelessness.

Many of the homeless men Jerry Deyton encounters got caught up in drugs and alcohol in their younger years, and the situation only got worse from there.