Three Pittsburgh-area men were arrested on prostitution charges during a sting by a human trafficking task force in Ohio, authorities announced on Thursday.

Eight people were arrested during a sting operation by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force and Steubenville police on Oct. 7-8, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said.

Two men from Coraopolis, 29-year-old Kenneth D. Anderson and 65-year-old Richard Matve, were among those taken into custody. So were 45-year-old John Denk from Allison Park and 38-year-old John Williams from Wheeling, West Virginia. The attorney general said they're facing misdemeanor charges of engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools.

One of the men arrested in the sting, 51-year-old Charles Shifflett of Follansbee, West Virginia, is accused

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