OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Republican state senator in Oklahoma faces a minimum of 10 years in prison on a child sex trafficking charge.
FILE – This March 16, 2017, file photo, provided by the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office in Norman, Okla., shows Ralph Shortey. The former Republican state senator is scheduled to be sentenced Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, on a child sex trafficking charge. (Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office via AP, File)
Ralph Shortey is due in federal court in Oklahoma City Monday. He could be sentenced to as much as life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Shortey pleaded guilty in November in exchange for prosecutors dropping three child pornography charges against him. He said the plea deal was in the best interest of him and his family.
The 36-year-old Shortey was arrested in March 2017 after police found him in a suburban Oklahoma City motel room with a then-17-year-old boy. He resigned shortly after the arrest.
Shortey was twice elected in a district covering south Oklahoma City and parts of two suburbs.
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