YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WJW) — A Pennsylvania doctor is facing felony charges after he allegedly traveled to Ohio to engage in sex with a minor, officials announced Monday.

Dr. Robert Zewe, Jr., 50, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was arrested Friday following an undercover operation by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force.


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According to the Ohio Attorney General’s office, Zewe was arrested in the Youngstown area after he allegedly agreed to pay for sex with a fictitious underage girl and her mother.

Zewe is charged with compelling prostitution, a third-degree felony; possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony; and engaging in prostitution, a misdemeanor.

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