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IL Officer's Suit Against Prosecutor Dismissed
URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former eastern Illinois police officer that accused a prosecutor and others of fabricating evidence against him in a 2008 rape investigation that eventually saw him go to trial.

David Lewis claimed former Vermilion County Assistant State's Attorney Larry Mills asked the three other defendants to make up evidence against Lewis. The lawsuit claimed that while Lewis was a police officer in Belgium, Ill., he questioned whether Mills was providing legal favors to gangs.

The News-Gazette in Champaign reported U.S. District Judge Michael McCuskey granted a motion late last month in which the defendants argued Lewis lacked evidence of his claims.

Lewis pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors last year. He was acquitted of eight charges and dozens of others were dropped.

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