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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced tonight that two teenage girls were arrested late this afternoon on menacing charges for threatening the victim in the recent Steubenville rape trial. 

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Attorney General Mike DeWine sought restitution for consumers harmed by two Central Ohio home improvement companies in lawsuits filed today against Bee Improvements LLC, of Columbus, and Cost Saver Home Improvements LLC, of Hilliard.

"Consumers naturally and legally have the expectation that when they hand over their hard-earned dollars for a product or service, they are going to get what they paid for," said Attorney General DeWine. "We will continue to watch out for consumers and protect Ohio's families."

Attorney General Mike DeWine and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty today announced the first two criminal indictments filed as a result of increased efforts to examine the state's untested rape kits for DNA evidence.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that agents with his Crimes Against Children (CAC) unit arrested a Mount Healthy man last night on allegations that he abused two young children who were in his care.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, along with Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Edward J. Hanko, Special Agent in Charge for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that Lady M. Whitney, 44, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, was sentenced to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $235,000 in restitution for submitting fraudulent bills to the Ohio Medicaid Program for medical services that were not provided.

The Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) will undergo a four-day, on-site evaluation to ensure compliance with the Public Safety Training Academy Accreditation Program. As part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and the general public are invited to offer comments regarding OPOTA by telephone.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine thanked the Ohio House of Representatives for its passage today of HB 7. The bill, which would establish strict limits on sweepstakes gaming at Internet cafes, passed by a vote of 66-29.

This morning a U.S. District Court judge sentenced Damal's co-owner, Yasin Warsame, of Westerville, to 90 days incarceration followed by three years of probation. The 45-year-old previously pleaded guilty to one count of Health Care Fraud.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today joined 37 states and the District of Columbia in a $7 million settlement with Google over its collection of data from unsecured wireless networks nationwide while taking photographs for its Street View service between 2008 and March 2010. Ohio is expected to receive $162,000.

"Each day it becomes increasingly important that we do what we can to safeguard our personal information," said Attorney General DeWine. "While we all must do what we can to safeguard our own personal information, this settlement recognizes the privacy rights of individuals and serves as a reminder that this information cannot be collected without a person's permission."