LISBON — A Pennsylvania man who had a developmentally disabled client in the work van he was driving when he showed up in East Palestine for an alleged sex-for-hire meeting will face arraignment on Jan. 7.

Charges against Lamorris Bernard Lowman, 37, Industry, Pa., include engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools, both misdemeanors, for the Dec. 23 incident.

According to an affidavit filed in Columbiana County Municipal Court by an agent with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, Lowman allegedly responded to a posted undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for money. He allegedly arrived at the meeting location and was driving a work van, with a client in the back of the van.

The affidavit said Lowman advised “he was going to leave the man in the vehicle while he was inside the female’s house.”

Lowman possessed both money and the phone used to make the arrangements.

According to WKBN, representatives from the agency responded to the scene for the client and the van.

Since his arrest, Lowman posted a bond to secure his release from jail.