132 Arrested as Operation END-OHHT Targets Those Seeking to Buy Sex in Ohio

A statewide human-trafficking operation conducted by more than 100 law enforcement agencies ended in the arrest of 132 people who sought to buy sex – including some exchanges involving minors.

AG Yost: Columbus City Schools must comply with state law

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sent a cease-and-desist letter to Columbus City Schools today warning the district to resume transporting hundreds of charter-school and private-school students or face a lawsuit from the state. The district is legally obligated to provide transportation for nonpublic school students who live within district boundaries and no more than 30 minutes from the public school to which they would be assigned if they attended. But the district stopped complying with the law just before the 2024-25 academic year started and provided little notice to the parents of the affected schoolchildren. Here is an explanation from Attorney General Yost:

Suspect Identified in 1987 Northeast Ohio Cold Cases

In another victory for cross-agency collaboration on Ohio’s cold cases, BCI investigators and forensic scientists have linked the brutal attacks in 1987 of two northeastern Ohio females – one fatal – to the same suspect.

AG Yost Launches Virtual Reality Trainings for Ohio Law Enforcement

AG Yost Launches Virtual Reality Trainings for Ohio Law Enforcement

2024 Ohio Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony

2024 Ohio Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony recap video

Blue Ribbon Task Force press conference, Feb. 21, 2024

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Blue Ribbon Task Force announced recommended multidimensional changes for the future of statewide law enforcement training.

Operation Buyer's Remorse

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the success of a weeklong statewide human trafficking crackdown, ‘Operation Buyer’s Remorse,’ which sought to arrest those trying to buy sex and to identify survivors of human trafficking.