News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released the Ohio START Interim Report, tracking the progress of the Ohio START (Sobriety, Treatment, and Reducing Trauma) Pilot Program. Ohio START is an intervention program that provides specialized victims services, such as intensive trauma counseling to children who have suffered victimization due to parental drug use. The program also connects parents to drug addiction.

In recognition of National Missing Children's Day today, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine released the 2017 Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse Report, which documents that 20,043 children were reported missing in Ohio in 2017. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today the arrest of a Hamilton County corrections officer on a felony charge of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor. 
 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a former Hillsboro urgent care doctor has been sentenced to serve time in prison for improperly prescribing opioids to patients. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a former police chief and coroner's investigator has pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including a charge of theft in office for stealing thousands of dollars from a deceased Youngstown man.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today reminded scam victims of the May 31 deadline to seek compensation from a $586 million Western Union settlement fund.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Washington Attorney General Robert Ferguson led a bipartisan coalition of 39 state and territorial attorneys general to call on Congressional leaders to promptly pass measures to help hold opioid manufacturers accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic and stem diversion.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today certified a resubmitted petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution which would establish additional regulations for short-term loans.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Lawrence County Coroner Benjamin Mack, M.D. today unveiled a new forensic facial reconstruction of a woman whose remains were found in Lawrence County in 1981.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine issued the following statement after the states of New York and Utah announced their intent to file separate lawsuits against opioid manufacturers