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Everyone pulls together when a child goes missing

When an Amber Alert is issued, the vast resources of law enforcement and community unite with a passion to save a missing child. 

10/2/2015

Project LINK finds connections between remains, missing persons

Project LINK (Linking Individuals Not Known) — in which DNA samples from family members of missing people are compared to DNA samples from human remains in an attempt to find a match — is part sleuthing and part science.

10/2/2015

Q&A: Jonathan D. Blanton, Section Chief, Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section

The Consumer Protection Section helps resolve consumer issues, keeps track of consumer complaints and assists law enforcement on consumer-related investigations. 

10/2/2015

Consumer Protection works with law enforcement to end scams

The Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section is a valuable law enforcement resource in the fight against multi-county scams. 

10/2/2015

Teamwork key in fighting campus sexual assaults

In an effort to help colleges and universities better respond to sexual assaults, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office recently dedicated $3 million in grants to improve advocacy programs, and conducted a series of investigation training sessions. 

10/2/2015

Sexual assault cases granted more time

As the Bureau of Criminal Investigation continues to make its way through untested rape kits as part of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative, Gov. John Kasich signed House Bill 6 to extend the statute of limitations for prosecution of sexual assault cases. 

10/2/2015

A letter from the Attorney General:

The safety of children has always been my number one priority. 

10/2/2015

Police teach teen drivers advanced skills

A police sergeant who has seen his share of fatal car accidents involving young drivers believes he and fellow officers are saving lives by instructing students in the free Take Control Teen Driving Program in Medina County. 

10/2/2015

In the Courts

Ohio v. Clark, U.S. Supreme Court, 135 S.Ct. 2173, June 18, 2015

10/2/2015

Legal team wins writing award

The National Association of Attorneys General awarded a “Best Brief Award” to a team from the Appeals Section of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office for their work on Ohio v. Clark

10/2/2015
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