OAKLAND — A Bay Space man has obtained a three-year sentence discount in a federal gun case after prosecutors took the bizarre transfer of dismissing one of many costs after he’d already pleaded responsible and been sentenced, court docket information present.
Richard Jobe, 37, of Antioch, was initially sentenced to seven years in federal jail after pleading responsible to possessing weapons as a felon in two separate incidents, in Pinole and Antioch. However prosecutors later dismissed the Antioch gun case, writing in court docket information that new proof surfaced that warranted dismissal.
On July 13, Jobe was re-sentenced to 4 years, court docket information present.
Jobe’s Antioch conviction is considered one of greater than a dozen instances that federal prosecutors dismissed amid an ongoing legal investigation into greater than 10 law enforcement officials from Antioch and Pittsburg police departments. A number of legislation enforcement sources instructed this newspaper the investigation is probing violent acts in addition to unlawful drug exercise.
A number of officers from each departments have been positioned on administrative depart, although each departments haven’t launched their names.
In response to court docket information, Jobe’s Antioch conviction stemmed from a December 2020 incident wherein an Antioch police canine bit Jobe throughout a bodily altercation with an officer, in line with the criticism. Prosecutors claimed a pistol was later present in Jobe’s possession.
The officer isn’t named in court docket information, however the canine, Purcy, belongs to Ofc. Morteza Amiri. Prosecutors have dismissed one different gun case that hinged on Amiri’s phrase. The U.S. Legal professional’s workplace, the Contra Costa District Legal professional, and the Antioch police division have all declined to verify or deny whether or not Amiri is without doubt one of the officers who has been positioned on depart.
Along with the federal dismissals, the Contra Costa DA’s workplace has dismissed “roughly 40” instances and knowledgeable protection attorneys that “impugned” officers are concerned in roughly 40 different ongoing prosecutions, an workplace spokesman mentioned.