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bathroommonkey76

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Thu Mar 16, 2017, 11:51 AM Mar 2017

Latest: Oklahoma lawmaker (Trump campaign chair) facing child prostitution charge



Oklahoma prosecutors have filed child prostitution charges against a Republican state senator after police found him in a hotel room a 17-year-old boy.

Cleveland County prosecutors charged 35-year-old Ralph Shortey on Thursday with engaging in child prostitution, transporting a minor for prostitution and engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of church. An arrest warrant has been issued for him.

Moore police say that acting on a tip from the teen's father, they went to the Super 8 Hotel last week and smelled marijuana coming from a room. They found Shortey and the teen alone inside.

The age of consent in Oklahoma is 16.


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http://www.news9.com/story/34925376/latest-oklahoma-lawmaker-facing-child-prostitution-charge





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Shortey just turned himself in to authorities. bathroommonkey76 Mar 2017 #1
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