Federal child porn-related charges filed against former state Sen. Ralph Shortey

OKLAHOMA CITY — Four federal child porn-related charges have been filed against former state Sen. Ralph Shortey (R), according to court documents.

The charges include two counts of transportation of child pornography, production of child pornography and child sex trafficking, the court documents said.

The two transportation of child pornography charges stem from allegations that he used a smartphone to send a video involving a "prepubescent girl" and videos involving young boys from an America Online email address in October 2013, the documents said.

The production of child pornography charge is connected with an allegation that he persuaded a minor to send at least one inappropriate picture. Shortey is accused of starting a conversation with the minor on a social media application in February 2016 and the production of child porn happened between then and March 2017, the court documents said.

The fourth charge accused Shortey of soliciting a minor to engage in a commercial sex act in March, according to the documents. The charge relates to three charges stemming from an alleged incident with a 17-year-old boy at a Moore motel.

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