Round Valley police chief suspected of domestic violence

<p>The chief of police of the Round Valley Indian Tribe in Covelo was arrested last week on suspicion of domestic violence.</p><p>Carlos Rabano, 41, was taken to Mendocino County Jail last week and booked on charges of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse. He spent the night in jail and was later released after posting $50,000 bail.</p><p>The arrest followed an anonymous tip on Jan. 11 that Rabano and his wife were involved in a dispute at their Covelo home two days earlier. During the Jan. 9 argument, Rabano allegedly kicked his wife in the shin several times and grabbed her by the hair when she tried to leave with the couple's 10-year-old son, according to Mendocino County sheriff's investigators.</p><p>The woman did not require any medical attention, according to the Sheriff's Office.</p><p>After an investigation, deputies went to Rabano's home in Covelo and arrested him without incident, according to the Sheriff's Office.</p>