Homeless Helper Beaten By Homeless Man

(Cave Junction, Oregon) A homeless man, Timothy Michael Waddell, was arrested for the alleged fatal beating 70-year-old Tom Green, the former mayor of Cave Junction who sheltered homeless teens. Waddell has been charged with murder.

Witnesses told police that Timothy Michael Waddell, 19, repeatedly bashed Tom Green's head into the asphalt in what was believed to be an unprovoked attack near Green's home on the 100 block of South Sawyer Avenue, according to the Josephine County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies said Waddell once lived in Green's home several years ago and was part of a group of teens visiting Green's home Thursday when Waddell suddenly attacked Green. Green suffered two black eyes and Waddell fled that encounter, deputies said.

Shortly after noon Monday, Green stepped out of his house and was confronted by Waddell, who threw Green to the ground and straddled him while he repeated slammed Green's head into the roadway, police said.

Green died from his injuries.

Waddell was booked into custody at the Josephine County Jail without bail. Notably, Waddell is a drug user, fancying methamphetamine, who claims to hear voices.

"No good deed goes unpunished."