News Releases

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Attorney General Mike DeWine joins the Better Business Bureau in recognizing National Protect Your Identity Week by urging Ohioans to guard their personal information. DeWine also reminded those who may be victims of identity theft that he has started an Identity Theft Unit located within the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section to offer assistance to victims.

"There are many threats to keeping our personal information safe," said Attorney General DeWine. "But there are steps we can take to help protect ourselves."

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that agents with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), along with local law enforcement officers from across the state, seized more than 30,000 marijuana plants in 2012. 

Investigators took David Young into custody at the Simpson Chapel United Methodist Church in Rio Grande, Ohio, where he is the pastor.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Attorney General Mike DeWine today reminded Ohioans who may have purchased certain electonic books (e-books) that the notice process is under way in the $69 million national settlement with several publishers, announced earlier this year, to resolve antitrust claims of an alleged unlawful conspiracy to fix the prices of e-books. Approximately $2 million of the settlement will be allotted to Ohio consumers.
 
"This settlement helps consumers who were overcharged to get back some money for their past purchases," said Attorney General DeWine. "We hope to ensure competitive e-book prices in possible future purchases."

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that thousands of additional unsolved homicide cases will be featured on www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov thanks to the positive response from law enforcement agencies regarding DeWine's Ohio Unsolved Homicide Initiative.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Scioto County Prosecutor Mark Kuhn, Ohio Board of Pharmacy Director Kyle Parker, and Scioto County Sheriff Marty Donini announced today that the 69-year-old owner and operator of an illicit "pill mill" was sentenced to a decade in prison. 

As National Cyber Security Awareness Month continues, Attorney General Mike DeWine urges Ohioans to be proactive in protecting themselves and their families.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced the arrests of three men wanted in connection with two separate alleged child pornography possession and dissemination cases.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking for the public's help finding a convicted sexual predator who is living at an unregistered address.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a Washington Court House man has been sentenced to two life sentences following his conviction on a total of nine charges of Rape, Gross Sexual Imposition, and Felonious Sexual Penetration.