Prosecutors failed to show a former state child case investigator from Pekin solicited sex from a 14-year-old girl and committed related crimes, a Tazewell County judge ruled Thursday.
Circuit Judge Michael Risinger ended a bench trial by granting a defense motion to acquit Melvin Devall, 58, of Pekin, after the state rested its case on two felony counts of official misconduct and misdemeanor counts of obstructing a police officer and solicitation of a sex act.
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