Middletown asked to address homeless population concerns downtown

Two recent incidents in downtown Middletown have left one downtown business owner worried about an increase in violence from the city’s homeless population.

Heather Gibson, owner of Triple Moon Coffee Company at 1100 Central Ave., said within the past week, there have been two incidents near her business and she has asked the city to do more for the homeless population.

On June 11, Gibson said a man hit a woman in the face in Governor’s Square. She said both were homeless. A police report said the woman was the aggressor, detailing she had hit the man “six or seven times” before he responded with a hit to her face…

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