Former cop acquitted of sexual abuse

DANVILLE – Former Belgium police Officer David Lewis hugged family members and friends late Thursday afternoon, after he was acquitted of charges that he used his position to sexually abuse a stripper at the Play Pen Gentleman's Club in March 2006.

Seconds earlier, Vermilion County Circuit Judge Nancy Fahey found the 46-year-old former Danville man not guilty of official misconduct and criminal sexual abuse, saying simply that special prosecutor Michael Vujovich didn't prove his case.

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