Florida GOP Police Blotter update: scratch #8 off the list

We here at Blast Off! World Headquarters always want to be the first to admit when we've been wrong. Unlike, say, the mainstream corporate media ... but you knew that already.

Anyway, about six months (or, if you prefer, one Friedman Unit) ago, we learned about Jeff Krull, mayor of the tiny central Florida town of Mascotte, who had been charged with sexually molesting children. Well, earlier this month Krull was cleared of the charges.

[T]he State Attorney's Office filed papers in Lake County Circuit Court declining to pursue the case because of inconsistencies in accusations made by alleged victims and witnesses. Krull said he was always confident of his innocence and that he hopes to get his life back to normal -- specifically, he wants to run for mayor again next year.

"I never did any of it in the first place," said Krull, an Illinois native who served on the council for four years, including two as mayor. "This is tremendous."

Prosecutors said information collected after Krull's arrest did not match up. But they had to explore the claims.

"They [police] did their job, and so did we," said Bill Gladson, supervising assistant state attorney in Lake County.

Okay, well, you know, we hear about a Republican and sexual molestation, I mean, it seems natural. Or, put another way, it would have been irresponsible not to speculate ...