News Releases

An 83-count indictment filed in Trumbull County accuses eight people of running a human trafficking ring that forced women into prostitution at illicit massage parlors in the Mahoning Valley, Attorney General Dave Yost and Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has partnered with Springfield for five years on the Do the Write Thing Initiative and today his office recognized nine Springfield middle-school students for their moving essays about ways to create safer communities.

Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a body armor company, its affiliate and the owner of the companies for allegedly selling unsafe equipment to Ohio consumers.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing six defunct used-car dealerships that failed to provide vehicle titles to dozens of consumers.

A recent drug trafficking case in Pickerington highlights the ongoing efforts of law enforcement to curb the availability of illicit opioids in the state and the importance of advanced chemical testing to identify emerging drug trends, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. 

A man believed to be responsible for his ex-wife’s disappearance and death has been indicted in Huron County, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Huron County Prosecutor James Sitterly announced.

A 20-year-old Cleveland resident who went missing 45 years ago has been identified through advanced DNA technology, the latest in a string of collaborative scientific successes involving unknown remains in Ohio.

In celebration of Earth Day, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today began the rollout of nearly $1 million in grants to more than two dozen local governments statewide to clean up existing illegal dump sites containing solid wastes and/or demolition debris and to prevent future dumping.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today certified the petition summary for a proposed constitutional amendment in compliance with a preliminary injunction entered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio that held Ohio’s nearly century-old ballot initiative process was unconstitutional.

A Montgomery County woman banned previously from working as a Medicaid provider was sentenced this morning to six to nine years in prison for yet again defrauding the program – this time stealing $1.5 million, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.