5 Antioch, Pittsburg police officers charged for fixing traffic tickets for friends, DA says

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. -- Five Antioch and Pittsburg police officers have been charged with obstruction of justice and bribery for fixing traffic tickets for friends, Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton said Friday.

"The charges set forth in these complaints allege offenses of public corruption," Becton said in a statement.
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The charges against Timothy Manly Williams, Calvin Prieto, Andrea Rodriguez and Ben Padilla, all of the Antioch Police Department, and Juan Ernesto Mejia-Orozco of the Pittsburg Police Department arose from forensic analysis of their mobile phones, prosecutors said.

In March 2022, state and federal investigators obtained search warrants for the cell phones of a number of officers. A large trove of overtly racist, sexist, and homophobic text messages was uncovered, prosecutors said.
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Timothy Manly-Williams also faces a federal criminal indictment for civil rights violations and other charges announced Thursday.

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