Sen. Ralph Shortey resigned his position, Wednesday afternoon. Monday, Shortey hired defense attorney Ed Blau who announced the Senator would resign by Wednesday evening. Last week, Shortey turned ...

Disgraced former state senator Ralph Shortey pleaded guilty in federal court to child trafficking charges. It's part of a plea deal where prosecutors agreed to drop child porn charges. Shortey didn't ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Senate has voted to punish a state senator who police say was found with a teenage boy in a motel room. Police officials in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore are still ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Oklahoma state senator accused of hiring a 17-year-old boy for sex has resigned. Republican Sen. Ralph Shortey submitted his resignation letter Wednesday. He was arrested last ...

Videos from Moore police body cameras show officers scolding a former state senator they found in a hotel room with a 17-year-old boy. The videos of the March 9 incident at the Super 8 Motel with ...

Former Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey, 35, R- Oklahoma City, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for soliciting sex online with a 17-year-old boy. The official charge was one count of child ...

A sentence of 15 years in prison and 10 years of probation was handed down to Ralph Shortey on Monday. The former state senator was sentenced by a federal judge for his guilty plea to child sex ...

The Republican senator charged with engaging in child prostitution resigned Wednesday. Ralph Shortey stepped down from his seat a day before fellow senators said they would kick him out. Prosecutors ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Sen. Ralph Shortey will keep his legislative retirement benefits regardless of whether he is convicted in a child prostitution case. His annual pension will be about $9,200 if he ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The investigation of former state Sen. Ralph Shortey uncovered evidence that he posted Craigslist ads several times “attempting to solicit young males for sexual contact,” the FBI says ...

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