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Attorney General DeWine Releases August Update on Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative

In an effort to keep the public up-to-date on the progress of the Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Initiative, Attorney General Mike DeWine released a status update today. 

8/1/2013

Search Warrants Served at Five Internet Cafes

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Union County Sheriff Jamie Patton, and Marysville Police Chief Floyd Golden announced today a multi-jurisdictional internet café investigation spanning several Ohio counties. 

8/1/2013

Ohio Unsolved Homicides: Cardell Beachum

As part of his Ohio Unsolved Homicides Initiative, Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking for information regarding a homicide in Lima that happened more than a decade ago.

7/31/2013

Attorney General DeWine Announces Indictments in Mansfield Tyger All Sports Booster Club Case

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a Richland County Grand Jury has indicted a Lexington, Ohio, couple for the improper use of more than $200,000 in scholarship funding.

7/31/2013

Cleveland Business Charged with Hazardous Air Pollution Emissions

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against NewKor, Inc., a manufacturing facility on Cleveland’s west side. Emissions from the facility allegedly are causing throat irritation, choking, and nausea for nearby residents.

7/31/2013

Wyeth Settlement Results in $2.5 Million for Ohio

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that Ohio has joined with other states and the federal government in a settlement of $491 million to resolve civil and criminal allegations that Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc. promoted the sale and use of the drug Rapamune for uses for which it had not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  

7/30/2013

Attorney General DeWine Warns of Utility Scams

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning consumers to beware of phone scams involving utilities. Two Ohio consumers reported losing about $800 each after receiving a call from someone claiming to represent a utility company and demanding payment. Dozens of other consumers are reporting unsolicited calls about lowering their energy rates.

7/26/2013

Judge Rules that Bradley University Interfered with Kent State University’s Contract with Former Basketball Coach

A Portage County judge has ruled that Bradley University intentionally interfered with Kent State University’s contract with Gene Ford, its former men’s head basketball coach, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Kent State announced today.

7/25/2013

Attorney General DeWine, BGSU President Mazey Break Ground for New BCI Facility at BGSU

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Bowling Green State University President Mary Ellen Mazey today joined community leaders and local law enforcement for the groundbreaking of the new Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) laboratory on the campus of Bowling Green State University (BGSU).

7/24/2013

DeWine, 48 Attorneys General Ask Congress to Extend Criminal Jurisdiction of Communications Decency Act

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today joined attorneys general from 48 other states and territories in asking Congress to extend to states the criminal jurisdiction created under the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA). The change is necessary to help fight human trafficking and exploitation of children, as well as reflect changes in internet usage in the past 15 years, the attorneys general wrote in a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate commerce committees.

7/24/2013
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