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A federal judge in Oakland declared a mistrial Wednesday against one of the two former Antioch police officers charged with conspiracy as part of a major police corruption scandal that shook the Bay Area.
Devon Christopher Wenger was in court this week alongside Morteza Amiri to face charges that they repeatedly used unlawful and excessive force as part of a three-year conspiracy to violate civil rights. On the third day of trial, however, Judge Jeffrey S. White announced that the case against Wenger would not continue.
The ruling came after White took the courtroom into closed-door proceedings, ordering everyone but the attorneys and defendants out just minutes after the day began. The court’s order was sealed, providing little information about the reason for the mistrial…