News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Miami County Prosecutor Anthony Kendall today announced that Theodore Thomas, the ringleader of a telemarketing fraud ring from Ohio and Florida that stole millions of dollars from thousands of victims in 41 states since 2007, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison and has agreed to testify against the remaining defendants.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against N.M.M.S.R. Incorporated, doing business as Making Home Affordable USA, and its owner Jason Keating of Maumee. The lawsuit charges Keating and his business with multiple violations of Ohio’s consumer laws. 

Ohio Attorney General today announced an agreement with Cari Johnson and her charitable organization, A Dollar to Care, to cease operations after evidence of misusing charitable funds was uncovered.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that agents with the Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) executed a search warrant at a business suspected of operating as an illegal gambling establishment. 

 Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and law enforcement officers from throughout the state gathered today to honor more than 700 Ohio police officers who died in the line of duty, including three who died in 2012.

Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today thanked Ohio residents for properly disposing of more than 16 tons (32,369 pounds) of unwanted prescription medications during last Saturday's drug take-back day. 

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today rejected the petition for the proposed “Amendment to Return Prayer to Our Public Schools” because the petitions contained technical flaws which prevented the submission from being approved.

The grand jury investigating if additional crimes occurred regarding the Steubenville Rape Case has adjourned until May 23rd at 9:00 a.m., Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today. The break in proceedings is to allow for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to continue evidence analysis and witness interviews.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today issued concealed carry license statistics for the first quarter of 2013 indicating that more than 37,000 concealed carry licenses were issued in Ohio, a dramatic increase over the same period in 2012.

As part of his Ohio Unsolved Homicides Initiative, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking Ohioans to look at the composite sketch of a man believed to have raped and murdered a teenager in Toledo in 2000.