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Sentencing for Oklahoma ex-senator for child sex trafficking
OKLAHOMA CITY — Sentencing is scheduled for a former Oklahoma state senator on a child sex trafficking conviction.
Ralph Shortey (R) is due in federal court in Oklahoma City Monday where he faces a minimum of 10 years in prison.
Shortey pleaded guilty in November as part of a plea deal in which he said the deal was in the best interest of both him and his family.
The 36-year-old Shortey was arrested in March 2017 after police found him about 1 a.m. in a suburban Oklahoma City motel room with a then-17-year-old boy. He resigned shortly after the arrest.
Read more: http://www.normantranscript.com/news/oklahoma/sentencing-for-oklahoma-ex-senator-for-child-sex-trafficking/article_92590b46-837e-5a52-8a28-ae4c85896268.html
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