antioch police scandal

Ex-Antioch community services officer pleads guilty in college degree fraud scandal

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Ex-Antioch community services officer pleads guilty in college degree fraud scandal

SAN FRANCISCO — In the first federal guilty plea to come since the wide-ranging indictments of current and former East Contra Costa cops, an ex-Antioch community services officer has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge. Samantha Genoveva Peterson pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to fraudulently receive pay bumps through a city incentive … Read more

Antioch releases video of officers shooting less lethal round at transgender woman whose hands were raised

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Antioch releases video of officers shooting less lethal round at transgender woman whose hands were raised

ANTIOCH — New videos released by the city — in what federal prosecutors now allege was an incident of police abuse — show an Antioch police officer fire a less-lethal launcher at a transgender woman whose hands were raised as a half-dozen officers, some with guns drawn, surrounded her. In the video, Officer Devon Wenger … Read more