This falls in the category of possible misbehavior, as there aren’t enough details to know for sure what’s happening here, but Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey makes the site for suspicious behavior in the past few days:
MOORE — Police here are investigating why state Sen. Ralph Shortey was in a hotel room last Thursday with a teenage boy.
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“On March 9 … officers of the Moore Police Department were contacted in reference to a welfare check at a local hotel,” Lt. Kyle Dudley told The Oklahoman. “Responding officers found a juvenile male in a hotel room which was also occupied by an adult male. The circumstances surrounding this incident are currently under investigation and no additional information can be released at this time.”
Politicians Misbehaving will issue a follow-up on this story should it turn out to be much smoke and no fire, so stay tuned. All we can say so far is Sen. Shortey has had all lawmaker privileges suspended by the Oklahoma Senate through unanimous vote.