YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WOIO) - A Pennsylvania doctor is facing several felony charges after traveling to Ohio to allegedly have sex with a minor, according to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

50-year-old Dr. Robert Zewe, Jr. of Erie, has been charged with compelling prostitution, possession of criminal tools, and engaging in prostitution.

The Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force arrested Zewe on Friday in the Youngstown area after he allegedly agreed to pay for sex with a fictitious underage girl and her mother.

The task force is organized under Yost’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission and led by the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office.

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