News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today warned consumers to beware of scams following the severe weather that hit Ohio this week.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine joined Ohio Senator Randy Gardner (R-Bowling Green), Lucas County Sheriff John Tharp, Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates, Colerain Township Administrator Daniel Meloy, and Cuyahoga Falls Police Chief Jack Davis this morning to announce details regarding $3 million in grants that will be used to help replicate or expand Drug Abuse Response Teams (DARTs) and Quick Response Teams (QRTs) to address the opioid epidemic in Ohio. The grant funding will support efforts similar to the QRTs in Colerain Township (Hamilton County) and Summit County, as well as the DART in Lucas County. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today warned that his office logged about 600 reports of “IRS” scams in June, more than in any other month this year.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a consumer protection lawsuit against a home improvement contractor accused of providing shoddy, incomplete work to consumers in northwest and central Ohio.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a former officer with the Newcomerstown Police Department is now facing charges for allegedly fabricating a story about being shot in the line of duty. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today warned consumers to beware of home rental scams. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has received over 40 reports about the scams in 2017, and summer is a peak time for moving and traveling.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against a Canal Winchester man accused of using charitable funds for personal, non-charitable purposes.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced his office’s 2017-2018 Teen Ambassador Board, which includes more than 240 Ohio high school students representing more than 50 counties and over 140 schools throughout the state.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today sent a letter to the Department of the Army, Civil Works, calling for the release of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study on a method to help stop Asian Carp from invading the Great Lakes. The letter comes amid reports of a silver carp found nine miles from Lake Michigan, beyond electric barriers designed to block the fish.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer, and members of the Miami Valley Bulk Smuggling Task Force announced today that a cocaine investigation has taken 3 kilos of cocaine, worth $300,000, off the streets and led to the arrests of two Texas men accused of smuggling drugs across several states.