Thanks to Carl Bralts for breaking the story on Wednesday morning about why a helicopter was circling over La Honda (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cuesta-ciac/message/353) and Tom Lichtenberg for posting a link to the story from The Examiner on the La Honda message board the following day (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LaHonda/message/11117).
Below is excerpted from http://www.examiner.com/Local-a69782~Machete_attack_fended_off_with_knife.html from Kate Williamson, The Examiner
"A man fought off a machete-armed assailant Wednesday afternoon in La Honda, sending both to the hospital, police said. The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office arrested Samuel Bakalian, 19, of Wyoming, for attempted murder...At around 10:10 a.m., Williams said, "the caretaker at the Creekside [Apartments] had told him that he needed to leave; as he turned and walked away, Samuel hit him over the head with a machete." The caretaker turned and struck out at his attacker with a small knife he was carrying, and a knife fight ensued, Williams said. Neither has life-threatening injuries, though Bakalian was injured in the face and head and was airlifted to a hospital to receive medical care...Bakalian is in custody at the hospital and will be brought to court when his injuries have been attended to...".
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