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The Florida Fire Marshal is denying a request by the attorney for Carletha Cole, that the Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll should take a lie detector test. The request comes in connection to a fire started in Cole’s Capitol office before she was fired. Read the Fire Marshal’s response here:

Fire Marshal Denys Request for Capitol Fire Investigation

Cole’s Attorney’s responded with this statement. “The FDLE documents don’t square with their statement issued today. All of the documents that were provided to us and purported to be the entire file indicates that the evidence was destroyed on March 17, 2011 or no later than March 18, 2011. The computerized case related report indicates that only pictures of the evidence were retained. Ms. Ramos, according to FDLE was not interviewed until the 21st. We are disappointed that the Fire Marshal declined to investigate this matter. It is understandable based upon the fact that the evidence has been destroyed. I was hopeful that Secretary Atwater would look at this case in a fresh light but it is understandable that his agency has passed on this mess even though Ms. Ramos confessed.”

Cole’s Attorney will now ask the US District Attorney to intervene.