Undoubtedly most folks have heard of the big gay sex bust in the restroom at the Sears store in the Volusia Mall, in Daytona Beach, Florida on Thursday.

Among the more famous or might one say “infamous” of the nine fellows busted for allegedly seeking anonymous homo-sex from guys in the Sears restroom were former Daytona Beach City Commissioner Mike Shallow and former Seabreeze High School athletic trainer and teacher David Behringer.

In any case, it would appear that former City Commissioner Shallow’s political career is over, were it not already so owing to a string of election defeats.

It would also appear that David Behringer has resigned his job at Seabreeze High School citing “personal reasons”, which evidently includes being accused of trolling for homo-sex in the john at Sears.

Reportedly six to eight cops spent most of Thursday visiting the bathroom stalls, looking for “signals” which includes toe tapping, excessive zipper noises (whatever the hell that is), certain hand gestures and eye contact.

In the midst of all these alleged “signals” the cops managed to bust the “nasty nine”, alleged perps. You can see the entire lot of them in this neat group shot courtsey the nice folks at Fox Orlando:

The Alleged Nasty Nine

Reportedly there’s a couple of sex offenders in that group shot.

There’s been conflicting news reports as to what prompted the cops to set up their sting in the john at Sears. Reasons we’ve seen reported include calls from store security, complaints from the public and the listing of the Sears’ john as a hot place for homo-sex on Craigslist.com.

Noteworthy for his absence in the john at the Sears store was Idaho Senator Larry “Wide Stance” Craig, who is known to spend time hanging out in restrooms and reportedly engaging in activities which some cops consider “signals” of a desire for homo-sex and which Craig attributes to his, well, to his wide stance while sitting on the crapper.

Senator Larry Craig

Evidently Senator Craig prefers the comforts of airport restrooms over those of the Sears in the Volusia Mall, in Daytona Beach.

Or at least he hasn’t been caught there yet…

Usually we offer a few links to news reports about stuff like this but not this time.

Instead, here’s a Google and a Yahoo! that should keep you busy for a while.

And if you are in the Sears store in Volusia Mall, in Daytona Beach, Florida and “gotta go” really, really bad you might want to watch out that you don’t create excessive zipper noises…