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Former Antioch Officer Sentenced to Seven Years for K-9 Attack and Fraud

The federal court ruled that Amiri abused his authority in a 2019 K-9 deployment, engineered a bogus degree scheme to secure pay raises

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Overview

  • A federal judge on June 24 handed Amiri 84 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $3,180 to the victim and $10,526 to the City of Antioch.
  • A March verdict found him guilty of depriving bicyclist A.A. of civil rights by unreasonably deploying his K-9, punching the man and falsifying the official police report.
  • An earlier trial in August 2024 led to convictions for wire fraud and conspiracy after Amiri paid others to finish his online coursework for a bogus criminal justice degree that earned him a pay raise.
  • The sentencing marked the latest in an FBI-led probe that has charged ten current and former officers in the Antioch and Pittsburg departments with misconduct ranging from excessive force to financial fraud.
  • The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI condemned Amiri’s actions as a breach of public trust, while his defense cited PTSD treatment and remorse in urging a reduced sentence.