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Man found guilty on 2 battery charges in homeless beating
Jury finds David Keener guilty of hitting man with branch, kicking him, stitching his ear
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David Keener, left, and attorney Tom Csider listen as the verdicts are announced Friday afternoon in Hall County Superior Court.
A man was found guilty in Hall County Superior Court of two counts of aggravated battery, but was acquitted of aggravated assault on a man in a Gainesville homeless camp. David William Keener, 50, was accused of kicking Steven Yearwood in the face with a steel-toed boot Aug. 4, then sewing his injured ear. Keener was found guilty of two counts of aggravated battery.