Overview
- Eric Allen Rombough, sentenced Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White, received four years and two months in federal prison.
- He pleaded guilty in January 2025 to conspiracy against rights and two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, cooperated with prosecutors, and still drew more time than the 36 months the government recommended.
- Prosecutors said he and fellow ex-officers Morteza Amiri and Devon Wenger planned violent uses of force, traded racist messages, and filed false reports, and Amiri got seven years while Wenger got seven and a half.
- White said the department engaged in “unbridled violence” that terrorized residents, and he ordered restitution, three years of supervised release, and a no-contact bar involving certain victims and co-defendants.
- The sentencing closes a prosecution that exposed racist group texts across roughly half the Antioch force and helped drive a December 2025 settlement with $4.6 million in payouts and a federal reform plan with outside monitoring.