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freepotter

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Wed Mar 15, 2017, 10:45 PM Mar 2017

Oklahoma Senator under investigation for incident at motel with teen boy [View all]

Source: KFOR New Channel 4

MOORE, Okla. - Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey is under investigation for an incident at a motel with a teenage boy.

Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn told NewsChannel 4 the boy is 16 or 17, and that is the age of consent in Oklahoma.

Shortey is 35.

The incident took place at a Super 8 in Moore.


From oksenate.gov:
A member of the Rosebud Sioux Indian Tribe, Senator Ralph Shortey was born in Casper, Wyoming. He spent part of his childhood on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in Grass Mountain, South Dakota before moving to Oklahoma City where he attended Moore Public Schools. Shortey graduated from West Moore High School in 2000, and following graduation he attended Heartland Baptist Bible College in Oklahoma City in preparation for mission work in Uganda. In 2002, Ralph married his high school sweetheart, Jennifer and continues to make his home in south Oklahoma City with their two children, Kaitlyn and Elena. With a growing family, Shortey decided against pursuing mission work and instead entered the oil and gas industry, working as a production consultant. In 2010 Shortey, a long-time political volunteer, decided to run for the Senate District 44 seat. In addition to serving in the Oklahoma State Senate, he is currently pursuing a degree in finance and economics. Senator Shortey’ s priorities in the Legislature include personal liberty, fighting illegal immigration and strengthening public safety in Oklahoma.

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He has also been stripped of all of his committee assignments, his office, parking space, etc. https://nondoc.com/2017/03/15/ralph-shortey-ok-senate-suspension/

Couldn't have happened to a better creep!
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this is attempting to remind me of something I almost forgot UpInArms Mar 2017 #1
A dead girl volstork Mar 2017 #2
Shortey enid602 Mar 2017 #21
As the old Edwin Edwards said GulfCoast66 Mar 2017 #3
Shortey is short on eyeofnewt Mar 2017 #4
Right in tune with the rest of our legislature. Bunch of self-righteous creeps. Tess49 Mar 2017 #8
Short Eyes Kire Mar 2017 #36
Moore is a suburb of OKC, and shares boundaries with Norman (my city). This will be rough Tess49 Mar 2017 #5
Sounds like it was rougher ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #10
True, that. n/t Tess49 Mar 2017 #11
Headline should have been more specific - STATE Senator, not "Senator" George II Mar 2017 #6
I read he has ..."Christian Values.." more info and another link.. Stuart G Mar 2017 #7
Here with Donald Trump Jr day after he was caught in the motel with the boy Jarqui Mar 2017 #9
Hmm. Where did Trimp spend the night? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #13
Kellyann Conway says Jr was watching with his camera in the king size microwave Jarqui Mar 2017 #17
I think that was from 2015/16. Article badly written. It was removed the day after arrest. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #27
The photo with Trump Jr was removed the day after his arrest Jarqui Mar 2017 #28
OK, your link says he met with tRump Jr the week before the arrest. So it was 2017, but before. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #29
Some reports said they met the day after. This is why: Jarqui Mar 2017 #30
No mention of party affiliation, so he's a Republican.n/t Scruffy1 Mar 2017 #12
Yeah, even the tv news report I saw was suspicious. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #14
Republican and chair of Trump campaign in OK freepotter Mar 2017 #15
Isn't it remarkable that no place in that story did the word "Republican" appear? Midnight Writer Mar 2017 #20
I see it Skittles Mar 2017 #23
Rosebud. mac56 Mar 2017 #16
Just to give you an idea of what sort of upstanding politician the guy is... Crash2Parties Mar 2017 #18
Turns this is the douche bag sponsoring "drone shoot down" legislation to protect illegal... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #19
typical all republicans are like this gopiscrap Mar 2017 #22
Just another Republican scumbag. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #24
GOP Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey (R) truthisfreedom Mar 2017 #25
The inhaling of political power is bringing out their true selves bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #26
The guy looks like a sleazy huckster. 58Sunliner Mar 2017 #31
Since he's married, isn't this adultery? left-of-center2012 Mar 2017 #32
KICK this back to the top..... Bengus81 Mar 2017 #33
Now been charged with THREE counts of Prostitution................. Bengus81 Mar 2017 #34
What crappy reporting: "the boy is 16 or 17, and that is the age of consent in Oklahoma" muriel_volestrangler Mar 2017 #35
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