Crime & Safety
Former Pittsburgh-Area Doctor Arrested In Teen Sex Sting
The former Pittsburgh-area physician allegedly attempted to arrange a sexual encounter with a fictitious underage girl, authorities said.
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — A former Pittsburgh-area 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 have announced.
Robert Zewe, Jr., 50, who worked for more than a decade at Penn Highlands Mon Valley in Monongahela has been charged with compelling prostitution, a third-degree felony; possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony; and engaging in prostitution, a misdemeanor.
Zewe currently resides in Erie.
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Undercover agents with 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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