(KRON) — A 35-year woman was convicted after a trial by jury for an unprovoked “violent attack” against two female case managers last December — where she ripped out a chunk of one victim’s hair — while they were serving free coffee to tenants and guests in a single-room occupancy (SRO) building in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.
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Per trial testimony and evidence, Kalann Johnson entered the SRO where she did not reside and was asked by the victims what unit she lived in or whether she was visiting. “Ms. Johnson verbally berated the two case workers then punched one in the face,” said the DA’s office. “That worker still wears a neck brace, and she has not been able to return to work. The second case worker tried to defend her colleague. Ms. Johnson grabbed the second worker by the hair, using her hair as leverage to punch that case worker multiple times in the face, ripping out a chunk of hair. The second worker’s jaw was so swollen she could not open her mouth for a week.”
It is not clear what led to the assault. SF DA Brooke Jenkins credits the work of officers from San Francisco police’s Tenderloin station on helping prosecutors develop a strong case.
“Although nothing can undo the trauma the victims and others experienced in the building as a result of this incident, I hope that this verdict brings them some comfort as they work to heal,” said Jenkins in a news release…