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BCI Reports Continued Uptick in Carfentanil Seizures

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is urging caution as new data from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation shows a continued rise in drug seizures involving carfentanil and other deadly synthetic opioids.

10/22/2025

AG Yost Honors Fallen State Trooper Nicholas Cayton

Attorney General Dave Yost will join members of Ohio law enforcement to honor fallen Trooper Nicholas P. Cayton during a celebration of life this afternoon in Youngstown. Yost issued the following statement ahead of the service.

10/22/2025

13 Men Arrested in Northeast Ohio Sex Sting

Agents from the Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force and Solon Police arrested 13 men for trying to buy sex during a recent undercover operation, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. Two of the men are accused of seeking sex with minors.

10/21/2025

Yost Demands Stop to Unpermitted Torch Cutting

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking to immediately halt illegal torch cutting at a northwestern Ohio recycling business that has been producing foul-smelling emissions and a haziness in the village of Cygnet.

10/21/2025

Yost Files Arguments Defending Ohio Law That Limits Medical “Gender Transitions” of Children

Attorney General Dave Yost today filed written legal arguments asking the Ohio Supreme Court to uphold a state law that prohibits doctors from performing experimental medical treatments aimed at changing a child’s gender.

10/20/2025

BCI Recovers $36,000 for Victim of Cryptocurrency Scam

A special unit within the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation recently returned more than $36,000 to a 67-year-old Butler County woman who fell victim to a cryptocurrency scam, Attorney General Dave Yost and Butler County Prosecutor Michael T. Gmoser announced today.

10/17/2025

Eight Medicaid Providers Indicted, Accused of Phantom Billing

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost continues to bust Medicaid providers who bill fraudulently, highlighted by recent indictments accusing seven people and one business of submitting claims for made-up services.

10/16/2025

Attorney General Yost’s Statement on Fallen State Trooper

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following statement regarding the death of Trooper Nicholas P. Cayton, who was killed in the line of duty Thursday morning.

10/16/2025

Yost Announces Nearly $280,000 Grant for Peace Officer Training

Ohio peace officers can take advanced training courses in traffic-safety and impaired-driving enforcement at no cost to them or their agencies, thanks to grant funding announced today by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

10/14/2025

Washington County Man Sentenced to Prison for 1995 Murders of Mother and Child

A 53-year-old Washington County man was sentenced this afternoon to 20 years to life in prison for a decades-old double murder, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.

10/14/2025
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