News Releases

A Mahoning County man has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and rape of a woman 25 years ago in Canfield, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 32 other attorneys general today announced a $1 million multistate settlement with an online fashion retailer that deceptively marketed its VIP Membership Program and made it difficult for consumers to cancel memberships.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is taking a Columbiana County nonprofit to court for allegedly misusing charitable funds and letting its board president live rent-free on the organization’s 43-acre property.

Attorney General Dave Yost will join members of Ohio law enforcement to honor fallen Trooper Nicholas P. Cayton during a celebration of life this afternoon in Youngstown. Yost issued the following statement ahead of the service.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is urging caution as new data from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation shows a continued rise in drug seizures involving carfentanil and other deadly synthetic opioids.

Agents from the Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force and Solon Police arrested 13 men for trying to buy sex during a recent undercover operation, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. Two of the men are accused of seeking sex with minors.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking to immediately halt illegal torch cutting at a northwestern Ohio recycling business that has been producing foul-smelling emissions and a haziness in the village of Cygnet.

Attorney General Dave Yost today filed written legal arguments asking the Ohio Supreme Court to uphold a state law that prohibits doctors from performing experimental medical treatments aimed at changing a child’s gender.

A special unit within the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation recently returned more than $36,000 to a 67-year-old Butler County woman who fell victim to a cryptocurrency scam, Attorney General Dave Yost and Butler County Prosecutor Michael T. Gmoser announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost continues to bust Medicaid providers who bill fraudulently, highlighted by recent indictments accusing seven people and one business of submitting claims for made-up services.