Posted on 03/16/2017 5:28:25 PM PDT by Beave Meister
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma state senator was booked Thursday on child prostitution charges for allegedly hiring a 17-year-old boy for sex, leading to calls for his resignation and a separate internal investigation into his years of work with a youth program.
Ralph Shortey, a 35-year-old conservative Republican who has a wife and three young daughters, surrendered to authorities on charges of engaging in child prostitution, transporting a minor for prostitution and engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of a church. He was released after about two hours on a $100,000 bond.
"I have no comment at this time, but I will soon," he told reporters outside of the jail.
Court records didn't show if he had retained an attorney, and Shortey didn't reply to texts and voicemails seeking comment.
The allegations led to Shortey's removal from his volunteer position with the Oklahoma City YMCA's Youth and Government program, in which he has been active for 17 years and served as a chaperone on several out-of-state trips, YMCA spokeswoman Brenda Bennett said. She said she was unaware of any allegations of wrongdoing involving Shortey's work for the program, but that the agency is conducting an internal investigation due to the nature of the criminal case.
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I don’t care which side of the aisle.
If true, burial under the jail.
Sexuality isn’t a mere facet of a Deviants life or personality it IS his life and personality. Consider that this husband and father couldn’t NOT get his freak on despite the threat it represented to all that he had and was percieved to be by society.
These pervs love working with “youth organizations.” A target rich environment
One wonders how many other boys he’s buggered.
Not REALLY a conservative now is he..?
No TRUE conservative would behave this way. We are STILL infiltrated with RINO’s pretending to be conservative.
In fact the ONLY people who seem to proudly proclaim how conservative they are are the libtards trying to get votes.
Most of the PUSSIES in the GOP party wet their pants when the media asks them if they will “ADMIT” to any conservative ideals.
Lock him up.
Prayers for his family.
Hang him. Hang him high.
17? Why couldn’t he just wait a year?
Pedophilia is a mental disorder. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Dem or Rep.
He’s presumed innocent until proven guilty (or until he cops a plea).
It’s obvious that ButThreeLefts is the only one on the thread so far that is familiar with the Constitution. The rest of you really belong in the democrat party.
Correct, he’s not a true conservative at all. Pedophiles & NAMBLA members belong in the ‘RAT PARTY. Republicans & conservatives of all stripes need to DISOWN HIM COMPLETELY.
He can’t be a conservative. By definition, conservatives are law-abiding.
You got that right, I feel so sorry for his wife and daughters. They just had the ground open up and swallow them.
I don’t believe in ‘the aisle’ any more. Trump put a serious wrench in the gears of what both parties were trying to bring about.
Never has their been so much damage done to the middle class, financially and politically, than what has occurred in the last 20 years.
Both parties are responsible for this.
yours is the only post here worth reading.
Sorry, but I think we’re all familiar with the constitution. Innocent until proven guilty applies to criminal charges. You can stand with the clear pedophile if you wish, but IMHO the local Republicans need to disown this reprobate ASAP.
SHORTEY!!!
In prison, it will be SHORTEYE!
The presumption of innocence is a LEGAL fiction that must be observed in the courtroom.
The Constitution DOES NOT govern conversations.
Conservative? RINO? If guilty, he is much worse than a RINO or liberal. He is a homosexual or bisexual at best. Homosexuals are child molesters at a far greater percentage than heterosexuals. He burns in lust for young boys. But we are told to think that it is just another acceptable lifestyle. You are right, lock him up and let him be a wife to Bubba for 10 to 20 years.
So you were with him and observed the act? Because you claim knowledge that he is guilty.
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