BELLEFONTE — Travis K. Horner, 38, of Lewistown, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal solicitation and patronizing prostitutes, said Centre County Assistant District Attorney Megan McGoron.

Horner was charged in March after confessing to police he paid more than $100 for sex with one woman, court documents indicate. Horner admitted to law enforcement officials from both the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General and State College Police Department that he had responded to an online advertisement and made arrangements to meet Yu-Ying Yeh and Tsai-Hsia Wu on Jan. 31 at the Super 8 motel on South Atherton Street. Horner told police he paid one of the women $140 to engage in sex with him, that he was quoted $160 for one hour and $300 for both girls and that he met girls like this “infrequently.”

Documents indicate police and the attorney general’s office were conducting a joint investigation into a human trafficking/prostitution ring after receiving a tip from Brookville Police Department during the department’s own prostitution investigation. Managers of the motel confirmed that Yeh and Wu reserved a room on Dec. 29 and were scheduled to check out on Feb. 4. Horner, as well as two men from State College, were observed entering and exiting the room the girls had rented during the agencies’ surveillance on Jan. 31.

According to court documents, the two men from State College, as well as Yeh and Wu, were charged in connection to the investigation. McGoron said Horner is represented by Marc Decker and scheduled for a pre-trial conference on July 12.