Supervisor Efren Carrillo Arrested on Suspicion of Battery in San Diego

As reported previously in Healdsburg Patch, -- both personally and professionally -- in the county since

After a primary win in June, he stands to be re-elected to a second, four-year term on the county board in November. Some had been

So news of his arrest Monday in San Diego on suspicion of battery, as reported in the Press Democrat, comes as a surprise.

According to the article, Carrillo says he was socializing in a group of friends when outsiders began harrassing the female members of the group. Carrillo says he stepped up to defend the women.

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