By Robert Snell, Beth LeBlanc, MediaNews Group

A former Detroit Police officer was awarded more than $58 million Tuesday following a civil trial involving allegations that a Michigan State Police lieutenant violated his constitutional rights during an abandoned criminal investigation.

The 2019 investigation and prosecution, which involved allegations of the sexual assault of a minor, were spurred in part by an assistant attorney general who was later charged with misconduct and disbarred.

The award capped a nearly decade-long ordeal for former DPD Officer Sean MacMaster, who started sobbing upon hearing the size of the verdict after a nearly three-week trial in front of U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy in Detroit and deliberations that spanned parts of three days. The Detroit News re

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