News Releases

The recent indictments of five suspected thieves mark the first success of a new Dayton-area task force created to thwart organized retail theft, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Kettering Police Chief Chip Protsman announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced a nearly $150 million multistate settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA and its parent company, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, for misleading consumers and violating environmental laws.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today issued the following statement regarding a guilty plea in the Rebecca Auborn case.

A Jackson County man facing felony charges in a series of sexual assaults was arrested today, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.

A Hocking County mother whose baby died after suffering severe head trauma has been charged with murder, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.  

After a two-week trial, a Huron County jury has found Paul Hicks guilty of murdering his ex-wife, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Huron County Prosecutor James Sitterly announced.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced a $4.25 million multistate settlement with Menards, a Wisconsin-based home-improvement retailer, over allegations of deceptive rebate advertising.

Ohio has joined a multistate lawsuit originally filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Uber USA, LLC and Uber Technologies, Inc. for deceptive practices tied to the company’s Uber One subscription service, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.

The Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force’s mission of reducing the demand that drives human trafficking continued through the early holiday season, as made evident by several notable arrests of would-be sex buyers, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene announced today.

The former executive director of the Pickerington Food Pantry was indicted today on felony charges after an investigation found that she falsified business documents, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Pickerington Police Chief Tod Cheney announced today.