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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Executive Director Kyle Parker announced today that they will partner together to continue the fight against synthetic drugs. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today reminded Ohio's sheriffs that there is still money available to fund the extradition of wanted sex offenders.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit charging Jeff A. Comberger, doing business as JA Comberger Concrete, with multiple violations of Ohio’s consumer laws.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today applauded the United States Supreme Courts ruling in Maryland v. King, which upheld the collection of DNA from persons arrested for felonies as constitutional. DeWine signed an amicus brief in support of the Maryland law, which is similar to Ohio's law, Senate Bill 77.

To kick off National Internet Safety Month, which is observed in June, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released an educational video for individuals whose personal information has been compromised in a security breach.

Ohio Attorney General DeWine today sent letters to more than 600 internet cafes informing them of the June 27th deadline to file new affidavits under the extended statewide moratorium of new sweepstakes establishments. Senate Bill 115, which established the new registration requirements and extended the moratorium, was signed yesterday by Governor John Kasich.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Ashtabula County Prosecutor Thomas Sartini today announced that a man accused of extorting more than $100,000 from an area priest will spend the next several years in prison. 

One day before National Missing Children's Day, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine reminded Ohioans about the hundreds of children who remain missing in the state. 

Scammers are using counterfeit checks that appear to be from The Ohio State University Medical Center, according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The checks are part of a mystery shopper scam, in which consumers receive a letter stating that they have been selected as a “customer service evaluator” and must evaluate their local money transfer service by wiring hundreds of dollars.