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WEBVTT WHAT NEW COURTDOCUMENTS REVEALED.JONATHAN:rt FORMER STATE SENATORDID NOT SAY ANYTHING AS HE LEFTTHIS COURTHOUSE TODAY.HE IS FACING SOME VERY SERIOUSCHARGES.THEY INDICTED HIM THIS AFTERNOONON FOUR DIFFERENTrt COUNT.COUNTS ONE AND TWO ARETRANSPORTATION OF CHILD FOR NOTOF THE.THEY GO BACK TO 2013 --POrtRNOGRAPHY.THEY GO BACK TO 2013.THE THIRD IS PRODUCTION OF CHILDPORNOGRAPHY.rtIN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, HEBEGAN TALKING TO AN UNDERAGEDBOY AND PERSUADED HIM TO SEND INAN APPROPRIATErt -- AN APPROPRIATEPICTURE.THE FOURTH IS SEX TRAFFICKING.WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THATrt FOURTHACCUSATION BACK IN MARCH.THAT IS WHAT FORCED HIM TORESIGN FROM THE STATE IN IT.YOU'RE NOW LEARNING OF THESE NEWACCUSATIONS THIS AFTERNOON.rtHE WAS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY

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Four federal child porn-related charges have been filed against former state Sen. Ralph Shortey, 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.The full federal indictment can be read here. Warning: The details in indictment might be considered graphic to some people.Shortey was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in the federal courthouse in Oklahoma City. After the arraignment ended, he was placed into the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service and will be released on a $5,000 bond.Shortey was previously charged in March with child prostitution, engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of a church and transporting a minor for prostitution/lewdness after investigators said he was found in a Moore motel room with a 17-year-old boy. Cleveland County officials said the state charges will be dropped.“I believe this case is best handled in one venue and have every confidence the U.S. Attorney’s Office will prosecute this matter expeditiously,” Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn said in a news release. “It was an honor to work with the various law enforcement agencies involved in this investigation.”A search warrant says the boy's friend contacted the teenager's parents after seeing a man -- later identified as Shortey -- go into a room at the Super 8 Motel at 1530 N. Service Road in Moore.Police went to the motel, where they found Shortey and the boy and smelled a strong odor of marijuana, the search warrant said. Officers later seized an empty green plastic container with a printed label reading "Colorado Retail Marijuana" that contained a small amount of marijuana residue, according to court documents.The FBI and Secret Service confirmed in late March that they were assisting the Moore Police Department in its investigation into Shortey.Shortey resigned from his Senate seat days after he was charged.