News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Ron O’Brien announced today that 37-year-old Antonio J. Fillmore was sentenced to 32 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl last April.  She was waiting for her school bus when Fillmore grabbed her.   

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and investigators from the Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) are seeking information regarding the whereabouts of a diamond ring stolen during a Cincinnati-area robbery/homicide in 2013.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today the recommendations issued by the Overdose Prevention Task Force, which was formed by Attorney General DeWine last year to address issues regarding the real-time reporting of drug overdose deaths in Ohio. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that his office is now accepting applications for its Teen Ambassador Board.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Richland County Prosecutor Bambi Couch Page today announced that a Mansfield woman has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution for stealing from an elderly man.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against a used car dealership accused of failing to deliver motor vehicle titles as required by law.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today warned Ohioans to beware of threatening calls purportedly “from the IRS” as the April 15 tax-filing deadline approaches.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released a status update on the progress of DNA testing being conducted as part of the Ohio Attorney General's Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Initiative. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Craig W. Butler and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director James Zehringer today announced that the state has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for its plan to place dredge material from Cleveland Harbor, which includes six miles of the Cuyahoga River, in Lake Erie or not dredge the entire navigation channel unless a non-federal partner pays to place it in confined disposal facilities.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today the arrest of a Leetonia man on ten felony charges of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor.