Former Antioch California Police officer Wenger convicted in federal court of conspiracy - 10th East Bay officers convicted to date
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 8:04 pm
ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA - Ten former East Bay police officers have been convicted in federal court for crimes ranging from using excessive force against suspects to fraud. One of the 10 officers, former Antioch Police Department officer Devon Wenger, was convicted by a jury on Thursday of conspiracy against rights.
The jury’s verdict followed a seven-day trial before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White.
Wenger, 33, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Judge White ordered Wenger to be immediately remanded to custody. He will be sentenced on Dec. 2.
According to prosecutors, Wenger conspired with other APD officers to use unreasonable force to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate residents of Antioch.
“By using unnecessary and unreasonable force under the guise of law enforcement, Wenger betrayed the community he was entrusted to protect,” said United States Attorney Craig Missakian.
According to federal prosecutors, Wenger and two other Antioch Police Department officers, Morteza Amiri and Eric Rombough, communicated with each other and others about using and intending to use excessive force against suspects around Antioch. The uses of excessive force included deployment of Amiri’s K9 police dog, deployment of Rombough’s 40mm less lethal launcher, and other unnecessary violence.
“Wenger and others deployed uses of force as punishment. Wenger also withheld details about uses of excessive force from police reports and other official documents,” the United States Attorney Northern District of California wrote.
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The jury’s verdict followed a seven-day trial before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White.
Wenger, 33, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Judge White ordered Wenger to be immediately remanded to custody. He will be sentenced on Dec. 2.
According to prosecutors, Wenger conspired with other APD officers to use unreasonable force to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate residents of Antioch.
“By using unnecessary and unreasonable force under the guise of law enforcement, Wenger betrayed the community he was entrusted to protect,” said United States Attorney Craig Missakian.
According to federal prosecutors, Wenger and two other Antioch Police Department officers, Morteza Amiri and Eric Rombough, communicated with each other and others about using and intending to use excessive force against suspects around Antioch. The uses of excessive force included deployment of Amiri’s K9 police dog, deployment of Rombough’s 40mm less lethal launcher, and other unnecessary violence.
“Wenger and others deployed uses of force as punishment. Wenger also withheld details about uses of excessive force from police reports and other official documents,” the United States Attorney Northern District of California wrote.
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/jur ... on-wenger/