OHIO — Attorney General Dave Yost, R-Ohio, announced Monday that a Pennsylvania doctor is facing felony charges for allegedly traveling to Ohio to have sex with a minor.
The charges are against Dr. Robert Zewe Jr., 50, of Erie, Pa. He faces charges of compelling prostitution, possession of criminal tools and engaging in prostitution.
Yost said Zewe was arrested Friday by uncover agents with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force after allegedly agreeing to pay for sex with a fake young girl and her mother.
The task force is organized under Yost’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission. It includes representatives from the Ohio Investigative Unit, East Palestine Police Department, Salem Police Department, Ohio Adult Parole Authority, Portage County Sheriff’s Office, BCI, Youngstown Police Department, Austintown Police Department, Beaver Township Police Department, Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations.