BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A kayaker faces an assault charge for whacking another man with his paddle while the man took pictures in Whatcom Falls Park last January.
Court records state that a woman told officers the victim appeared to be photographing her boyfriend and others as they kayaked in the park.
She said her boyfriend, Weston Persons, claimed the man wasn’t allowed to photograph them and they began to argue.
Persons is accused of hitting the victim in the head and torso with his paddle and another kayaker tackled the man into the water.
The victim suffered a serious knee injury.
Persons was arrested, booked into the Whatcom County Jail, and released on Friday, August 19th.