Republican party “power broker” arrested on child porn charges in Illinois…

The mayor of Green Oaks was charged Monday with distributing child pornography over the Internet after authorities executed a search warrant at his house, officials said….

Adams, a former chairman of the Lake County Republican Party and a longtime GOP power broker, is accused of using three screen names on America Online to send child porn from a computer in his home office, said Assistant State’s Atty.

Nice.

[The “Grand Old Police Blotter” phrase was coined by Atrios—credit where credit’s due and like that.]