Sen. Ralph Shortey resigned his position, Wednesday afternoon. Monday, Shortey hired defense attorney Ed Blau who announced the Senator would resign by Wednesday evening. Last week, Shortey turned ...

A sentence of 15 years in prison and 10 years of probation was handed down to Ralph Shortey on Monday. The former state senator was sentenced by a federal judge for his guilty plea to child sex ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma legislator charged with hiring a 17-year-old boy for sex resigned on Wednesday, saying he didn’t want to be a distraction to his fellow lawmakers. Republican Sen.

Former Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey, 35, R- Oklahoma City, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for soliciting sex online with a 17-year-old boy. The official charge was one count of child ...

Disgraced former state senator Ralph Shortey pleaded guilty in federal court to child trafficking charges. It's part of a plea deal where prosecutors agreed to drop child porn charges. Shortey didn't ...

A conservative state senator who once wanted to be a missionary was accused Thursday in a child prostitution case of offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for sex. Sen. Ralph Shortey, R-Oklahoma City, was ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Already stripped of his privileges as a state senator as a child-prostitution case was built against him, Sen. Ralph Shortey submitted his resignation from the Legislature on Wednesday ...

Having finally talked with Oklahoma State Sen. Ralph Shortey, we can tell you this: He did not expect the little ban on fetuses in food he's proposed to get the kind of attention it's gotten. He also ...