A 61-year-old man accused of soliciting a minor girl for sex is facing more charges.

Paul Allan Sellers, of Double Springs, was arrested last week on a charge of first-degree human trafficking issued in Jefferson County.

Now, said Leeds police Chief Paul Irwin, Sellers is also charged with traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, soliciting a minor child and evidence tampering. Those charges were issued in St. Clair County.

Sellers had remained held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail since his March 15 arrests.

Irwin said at the time of Sellers’ arrest, he was in possession of identification indicating that he is a respiratory therapist at a Birmingham hospital.

The investigation began after Leeds detectives received information that Sellers had been soliciting underage girls for sex.

Irwin said Sellers communicated with an undisclosed person, indicating that he wanted to meet juvenile girls for sex. That communication took place while Sellers was in Birmingham, so he was arrested on the human trafficking charge in Jefferson County.

That solicitation conversation, Irwin said, led to Sellers traveling to Leeds where he intended to meet the minor. The chief said Sellers was going to “pay for sexual activity with this child and perform sexual activity with this minor child.”

“The activity and intentions of this defendant are disturbing to myself, and everyone involved in bringing him to justice,’’ Irwin said. “I look forward to his long incarceration and I am glad he has been removed from the community.”

Anyone with information on Sellers or any other person attempting to sexually abuse a child is asked to call Leeds police at 205-699-2581.