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Witness describes bloody attack of homeless man
Trial begins for man charged in tent city assault
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David Keener sits Wednesday at his trial in Hall County Superior Court. He is accused of kicking a man with steel-toed boots, hitting him with a branch and stitching his ear with a sewing needle at a homeless encampment in August 2014.
A neighbor in “tent city” told a jury Wednesday about seeing her friend’s blood pouring “like syrup” as she returned to the homeless encampment. Steven Yearwood, a man spending time in a Gainesville homeless camp, was allegedly assaulted Aug. 4. David William Keener, 50, is on trial in Hall County Superior Court, charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault in the case.