YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - A man who was arrested while on probation for committing sex crimes against children in another part of Ohio has been sentenced again for similar crimes in Mahoning County.

Common Pleas Court Judge Maureen Sweeney last week ordered that Michael Bowman of Canton be declared a Tier Two sex offender, and placed him on probation for five years.

The 39-year-old Bowman pleaded guilty in July to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and importuning after undercover investigators say he solicited a 15-year-old boy for sex.

Bowman was arrested along with ten other people in February as part of an undercover sex sting conducted in the Valley.

After he was sentenced for the latest crime, Bowman was moved to the Tri-County Regional Jail where he is being held for allegedly violating terms of probation for a previous conviction.

In 2016, Bowman pleaded guilty in Union County Ohio to charges of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, and tampering with evidence.

Bowman was placed on probation for five years for those crimes as well.