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Kevin Craddock, 19, used to be homeless, but now lives in the Cushing House, a halfway house in South Boston.

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Craddock sorted through borrowed slacks, which he uses for job interviews.

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Christina Rossi, a substance abuse clinician at Pine Street Inn, testified on behalf of Craddock during his hearing at Boston’s Homeless Court.

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Craddock reached for the hand of his laywer, Anna Brickman, after the case against him was dropped.