Pair indicted for beating homeless woman with tent pole and pipe

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By Joe Johnson

A Clarke County grand jury has indicted a man and woman for assault in connection with a beating death last month in an Athens homeless camp.

Brandon Stephen Williams, 34, and Tandy Telki Tucker, 47, were each charged with aggravated assault and making terroristic threats, according to the indictment filed in Superior Court on February 25.

Brandon Stephen Williams

Tandy Telki Tucker

According to police reports and court documents, the incident occurred on the morning of January 15 at the camp located in the woods near Dollar General on Jefferson Road.

The defendants reportedly accused the 39-year-old victim of stealing from them and threatened her kill her. During an assault Williams used a tent pole to hit the victim and Tucker used a metal pipe, the indictment alleges.

The defendants are being held in pretrial detention without bail pending their March 12 arraignment.