News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that 276 Ohio crime victim services agencies have been awarded more than $17 million in grant funds. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that the maximum reimbursement amount available to agencies extraditing wanted sex offenders has increased from $2,000 to $3,000.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that the first indictment has been issued in the special grand jury reviewing whether additional crimes were committed regarding the Steubenville teen rape case.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that his office would begin enforcement efforts for Ohio’s new internet sweepstakes café regulations. The new law is expected to become effective after referendum efforts were discontinued today.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction Richard A. Ross today announced that Ohio schools may now begin submitting school safety plans via a secure online portal to help first responders in case of an emergency. The portal is one of the many recommendations of the Attorney General’s School Safety Task Force which have been implemented since the task force announced its recommendations earlier this year.

Today Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters, Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil, West Chester Police Chief Erik Niehaus, Madeira Police Chief Frank Maupin, and Silverton Police Chief Bruce Molett announced the indictments of five people wanted in connection with an organized crime investigation in southwest Ohio.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a former Coshocton pharmacist has pleaded guilty to federal charges alleging that she took between $1 million and $2.5 million from state, federal, and private medical insurance companies through fraudulent billing practices.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) has exceeded its goal of testing 1,500 rape kits during the first year of the Attorney General's Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Initiative.