A SANTA CRUZ RESIDENT WAS ARRESTED ON SATURDAY AFTER STRIKING AN ACQUAINTANCE ACROSS THE HEAD WITH A SKATEBOARD. 58 YEAR-OLD JON PILKINGTON AND HIS FRIEND WERE BOTH INTOXICATED ON THE BEACH WHEN THEY BEGAN TO ARGUE AND FIGHT. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO DOMINICAN HOSPITAL, DESPITE HIS HOSTILE ATTITUDE TOWARDS POLICE AND PARAMEDICS, AND PILKINGTON WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL , AFTER A WITNESS DESCRIBED THE EVENTS TO POLICE. PILKINGTON IS CURRENTLY FACING A CHARGE OF ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.
