YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A Pennsylvania physician has been arrested in Ohio on multiple felony charges after allegedly attempting to pay for sex with a minor, authorities said.

Dr. Robert Zewe Jr., 50, of Erie, Pennsylvania, faces charges of compelling prostitution, possession of criminal tools and engaging in prostitution.

The charges were announced by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene. Investigators said Zewe traveled to the Youngstown area and agreed to pay for sex with what he believed were an underage girl and her mother.

The individuals were fictitious and part of an undercover operation.

Zewe was taken into custody Friday by members of the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, which operates under the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations C

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