Man Cleared of Assault Charges
August 28, 2015

August 28, 2015

Man Cleared of Assault Charges

BERKSHIRE EAGLE- August 28, 2015
PITTSFIELD >> It took a Jury of Six less than 30 minutes on Wednesday to clear a city man of a charge he punched a social worker in the head in November 2013. KeithDixon, 39, was accused of striking the social worker during an argument over a couch while she was conducting a home visit with a neighbor of Dixon's.
The woman claimed Dixon hit her while he was aiming for the neighbor he was arguing with after she stepped between to the two men to diffuse the situation. According to Dixon's attorney, Marc C. Vincelette, the woman testified she was "100 percent," certain it was Dixon who struck her. Under cross-examination, the woman admitted she did not see Dixon land the blow she'd attributed to him, Vincelette said in a statement.
Dixon testified it was the man with whom he was arguing who hit and injured the woman. Dixon had been charged with assault and battery, a conviction of which carries a penalty of up to 2½ years in jail.

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