OAKLAND — As Antioch’s lengthy police corruption scandal draws to a close, a federal judge has added another twist to the saga, dismissing a felony charge against a former Antioch cop who has long-maintained that this case and a successful steroids prosecution were retaliation for him attempting to expose police corruption.

On Tuesday morning, Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White dismissed a deprivation of rights charge against Devon Wenger, who still faces a charge of conspiring with two Antioch-cops-turned-felons to deprive the civil rights of people they came across in their jobs. White held off ruling on a defense motion to throw out the conspiracy charge until after Wenger’s trial, meaning that even if a jury convicts Wenger, the judge may overrule it.

The decision is only the l

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