OAKLAND — In a verdict that marks the near-end of a massive police scandal that rocked East Contra Costa, a former Antioch policeman was convicted Thursday of conspiring with colleagues to violate the civil rights of the people he was supposed to protect and serve.

Devon Wenger was found guilty of conspiracy to violate civil rights, which carries up to 10 years in federal prison. Wenger was also convicted last April of distributing steroids and altering records to try and cover it up, which ironically carries twice as much potential prison time as plotting to commit police brutality.

Prosecutors alleged during trial that the conspiracy was laid out in texts between Wenger and fellow officers Morteza Amiri and Eric Rombough, who discussed beating people, hitting them with less lethal laun

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