By Joe Johnson
An employee of the Day Service Center for the homeless on North Avenue in Athens on Saturday remained in the intensive care unit of Grady Memorial Hospital, one day after he was brutally attacked while going to his car after work.
Christopher Sullens, 53, suffered extensive damage to his skull, large lacerations on his head and face, and swelling of the brain.
His sister, Teresa Sullens-Baker, on Saturday told WSB-TV that he was taken off of a ventilator, and that he will likely lose one of his eyes.
The homeless man who attacked Sullens is 33-year-old Cedric Courtes Smith, a convicted felon who was on parole in connection with a 2017 assault in Athens in which he cut a man’s neck with a razor.
He is in detention at the Clarke County Jail on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony, and violating parole.
Any possible motives for his attacking Sullens were unknown.
Smith was denied bail at an appearance Saturday before a Magistrate Court judge.
Can't help but wonder if this is the same guy that stabbed the homeless gentleman while he was sleeping back in May. That incident happened just down North Ave., near the homeless facility by the river at Willow Street. That unprovoked assault also resulted in serious injuries to the head, neck & face. If it is the same guy, and our "justice" system allows him to be released back into society yet again, then they are just as guilty of attempted homicide as the attacker is!
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