YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - U.S. Marshals have arrested two Richland County; Ohio brothers accused of forcing three girls, as young as seven years old, to have sex with them.
The Mahoning County grand Jury issued a six count indictment against 30-year-old Paul Van Pelt of Shelby, Ohio. Thirty-two-year old Matthew Van Pelt of Plymouth, Ohio faces 17 charges of rape and gross sexual imposition.
The indictment says the alleged crimes occurred in Mahoning County between 1997 and 2002. The alleged victims are now in their early 20's.