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Attorney General Announces Prescription Drug Drop Box RecipientsToday Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that 66 law enforcement agencies in southern Ohio will be awarded secure prescription drug drop boxes in an effort to reduce drug abuse in their communities. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a Washington Court House man has been sentenced to two life sentences following his conviction on a total of nine charges of Rape, Gross Sexual Imposition, and Felonious Sexual Penetration. 

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today the indictments of four Chillicothe residents who are under investigation by the newly formed Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that authorities with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Attorney General's Health Care Fraud Section and Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General served a federal search warrant on a suspected 'pill mill' in Dayton. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Morrow County Prosecutor Charles Howland announced today the indictment and arrest of alleged Craigslist scammer Nicholis Corey Garner. The indictment alleges that Garner is a member of a larger group that has used postings of cars, trucks, and all-terrain vehicles for sale on Craigslist to steal tens of thousands of dollars from victims across the country. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine praised the efforts of the Lancaster Police Department and the Fairfield County Prosecutor's Office, in cooperation with his office's Charitable Law Section, in the arrest on Oct. 3 of Debbie Snyder in relation to a theft of bingo ticket proceeds from Knights of Columbus #1016 in Lancaster.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that Ohioans returned more than 9 tons (18,721 pounds) of unneeded prescription drugs on Saturday, during the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) fifth national Prescription Drug Take Back Day. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a private, two-year settlement agreement has been reached in regards to ongoing improvements to medical care for prison inmates in Ohio. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Delaware County Prosecutor Carol O'Brien announced today the arrest and multi-count indictment of a man accused of coercing several women to prostitute themselves in both Delaware and Franklin counties.  

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine issued the following statement today after the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Marshals revealed John Donald Cody as the true identity of 'Bobby Thompson,' the mastermind of the alleged charity scam U.S. Navy Veterans Association.