Oklahoma lawmaker charged with child prostitution resigns [View all]
Source: AP
By SEAN MURPHY
Mar. 22, 2017 2:38 PM EDT
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 week on charges of engaging in child prostitution, transporting a minor for prostitution and engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of church.
The 35-year-old married father of three is out on $100,000 bond. Oklahoma's most prominent Republican leaders had called for his resignation after he was charged.
Acting on a tip from the teenager's father, police in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore say they went to a Super 8 Hotel earlier this month and smelled marijuana coming from a room. They say they found Shortey and the teenager.
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#1: I hope I haven't duplicated someone else's post. (I apologize, Demmiblue.)
#2: Why am I not surprised that this guy is a Republican?
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