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Watch Sonoma County WatchSonoma Watch  Charges dropped against
Carrillo in San Diego street fight    San Diego prosecutors on
Monday dropped the criminal case against Sonoma County
Supervisor Efren Carrillo stemming from his arrest in a Labor
Day street fight.  A spokeswoman for the San Diego City
Attorney’s Office, which handled the misdemeanor case, said no
charges would be filed “because there were conflicting accounts
of what occurred and insufficient evidence to prove a case
beyond a reasonable doubt.”  Efren Carrillo.  The decision was
made by a team of deputy city attorneys in the office’s criminal
division, spokeswoman Gina Coburn said.  The 2 p.m. announcement
came a week before Carrillo’s scheduled arraignment next Monday.
He had faced the possibility of two misdemeanor charges: battery
and disturbing the peace.  When Carrillo was arrested, he was
booked on suspicion of battery causing serious injury, a felony.
But police officials later