Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN — A Pennsylvania doctor is facing felony charges after traveling to Ohio to allegedly have sex with a minor, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene announced today.

The man, 50, of Erie, has been charged with compelling prostitution, a third-degree felony; possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony; and engaging in prostitution, a misdemeanor, according to a press release from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

The Vindicator is not naming the man until his charges are confirmed by the prosecutor in the court where the charges are being handled.

Undercover agents with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force arrested the man 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. The task force 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.