Moore police are investigating why state Sen. Ralph Shortey was in a hotel room with a teenage boy last Thursday at the Super 8 in Moore. Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Photo By Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman

The Oklahoman reported Tuesday that state Sen. Ralph Shortey was found in an Moore hotel room with a teenage boy. The police investigation was confirmed by Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn.

A senior Moore Police Department officer, Master Sgt. J. White, was dispatched to a Super 8 in Moore. The call went out because the boy’s father was worried about his son, who police said was known to solicit himself sexually on Craigslist and had a history of drug abuse.

White and two other officers arrived at the hotel after midnight on March 9 and smelled the odor of raw marijuana coming from the room, according to the police report.