Robert Barker, a Defiance man, was arrested on sex charges. According to Defiance County deputies, he was picked up at his Breckler Road address.

Barker is accused of inappropriate contact with minors over several years and faces charges of sexual battery, as well as gross sexual imposition charges.

Prosecutors say this all happened between 2016 through 2018 when the victims were 15 years old.

Barker is being held at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio in Stryker.