Last officer in Antioch, Pittsburg police corruption case sentenced

'Ringleader' of Antioch PD text scandal sentenced to 4 years in prison after accepting plea deal

Eric Rombough, who was described as the "ringleader" and the "worst of the worst," took a plea deal and a lesser sentence to testify against two other officers, Morteza Amiri and Eric Wenger, who were also both convicted.

Final Antioch police officer convicted in corruption scandal sentenced to 4 years in prison

By Tim Fang The 10th and final defendant convicted in connection with a wide-ranging corruption scandal within the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments has been sentenced, prosecutors said. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White sentenced 46-year-old Eric Allen Rombough of Fairfield to four years and two months. Rombough, who previously worked for Antioch poli…

Last officer in Antioch, Pittsburg police corruption case sentenced

The last of 10 former Antioch and Pittsburg police officers charged in a wide-ranging corruption case was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in federal prison.

Last officer sentenced in Antioch, Pittsburg police abuse and corruption case

The last former police officer caught up in a wide-ranging federal civil rights and abuse of power case in Antioch and Pittsburg has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. In 2023, 10 officers from the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments were charged with several crimes, including fraud, use of excessive force and conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. Eric Allen Rombough, 46, of Fairfield, a former Antioch officer, was the …

Last Officer Sentenced In Wide-Ranging Antioch, Pittsburg Police Abuse Case

The last former police officer caught up in a wide-ranging federal civil rights and abuse of power case in Antioch and Pittsburg was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison. In 2023, 10 officers from the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments were charged with several crimes, including fraud, use of excessive force and conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. Eric Allen Rombough, 46, of Fairfield, a former Antioch officer, w…

Last Officer Sentenced in Antioch, Pittsburg Police Scandal

Eric Rombough, the last former Antioch or Pittsburg police officer in a civil rights and abuse of power case, was sentenced to more than four years in prison.