The Contra Costa County District Attorney's office released a second batch of racist and controversial phone texts allegedly exchanged between Antioch police officers during Operation Windstar, a major Bay Area gang crackdown in 2021.
Operation Windstar began following a January 2020 shooting in Oakland which was linked to a firearm collected months later in Antioch.
The latest batch released included texts exchanged between Officer Eric Rombough with Officers Brock Marcotte, Timothy Manly Williams, Scott Duggar, and an unidentified individual as they closed in on Terryonn Pugh and Armonie Pugh, parolees-at-large who were hiding out in an apartment complex in American Canyon.
With the assistance of American Canyon PD, and the Napa County Sheriff's SWAT officers, Terryonn Pugh was taken into custody as he tried to flee to a waiting vehicle. Armonie Pugh was taken into custody inside the apartment. They were among 48 gang members and associates arrested on April 15, 2021 for murder, attempted murder and illegal guns following a six-month investigation involving 24 Bay Area agencies. "Murder suspect. In custody and that a..hole made me run" -- Rombough texted."He was way faster then us" -- Rombough texted."We managed to set up a perimeter and he got his a.. whooped in the backyard and I field goal kicked his head -- Rombough texted.
More than a dozen police officers in Antioch have been implicated in the texting scandal that has rocked the police department and the local community.
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