Amiri, 34, committed his crimes while working as an Antioch Police Department K-9 officer. “Amiri misused his police dog to inflict unnecessary and excessive force against a victim and cheated ...

An Antioch Police vehicle sits in the parking lot of the Antioch Police Department on March 3, 2025. Former APD officer Morteza Amiri was found guilty of violating a single person’s civil rights and ...

Amiri, an Antioch resident, fell from a ladder and broke his knee on Jan. 12. He also suffered a dislocated shoulder, his attorney wrote.

Wilson was injured on Aug. 24, 2021, when Antioch police officers, including Amiri and Rombough, executed a search warrant to enter an Antioch residence, then entered Wilson’s locked room while he was ...

Amiri was the final of six co-defendants, all former Antioch or Pittsburg law enforcement employees, to be convicted. The other five accepted guilty pleas rather than bring their case to a jury.

Federal prosecutors will have to refile against Wenger, and Amiri’s case is expected to continue independently. Paul Goyette, defense attorney for former Antioch police officer Morteza Amiri, gives ...

Rombough and Amiri were among 14 ex-Antioch and Pittsburg cops charged in 2023 with a range of crimes, including civil rights violations, steroid distribution, firearms offenses, ...

(KRON) — A former Antioch Police Department officer who allegedly collected “trophies” from crime scenes to display on his home mantle pleaded guilty this week as part of a plea deal. Ex-APD ...

The Antioch Police Department, embroiled in scandal and indictments, ... “We would have f—ed him up more,” the officer, Morteza Amiri, messaged his partner, Devon Wenger, ...

That leaves just Morteza Amiri, a former Antioch K9 officer whose trial began Monday with an overview of the expected evidence by both his attorneys and federal prosecutors.

Morteza Amiri technically faces 20 years in federal prison, but sentencing guidelines will place him well below that. ... Antioch ex-cop convicted of college degree scam Share this: ...