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Cassandra Carry Hotchkiss, 41, was found guilty except for insanity by reason of schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type on April 14 for a Sept. 11, 2021 assault and robbery against Louis Anthony Carreiro.

According to court documents, Carreiro was sleeping in his tent at the old Sweet Home City Hall parking lot when he woke up at about 3 a..m. to find Hotchkiss yelling and beating him in the head with a wooden object. During the assault, Hotchkiss took his cell phone, valued at $69. Carreiro suffered lacerations to the head. Sergeant Ryan Cummings reported that, at the time of her arrest, H...