News Releases

The Ohio Attorney General’s Cleveland Office will have adjusted operating hours from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. during the week of the RNC (July 18-22). The Cleveland office is located at 615 W. Superior Avenue, 11^th Floor.  Questions? Call 216-787-3030.  Normal business hours of operation (8:00am to 5:00pm) resume on July 25^th. 

As the Mega Millions jackpot rises, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning consumers to beware of lottery and sweepstakes scams.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced today that a suspected serial rapist has been indicted on charges linking him to the sexual assaults of seven women over a period of ten years.

 Bowling Green State University President Mary Ellen Mazey and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that the university and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office have been awarded nearly $440,000 in grant funding from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.  The grant will be used by the university and the Ohio Attorney General’s Center for the Future of Forensic Science to help identify ways to streamline the analytical process of testing Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs). 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that DNA testing conducted as part of the Attorney General's Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Initiative has now resulted in more than 4,000 hits in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).

 Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today joined Karen Walsh, Director of the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking, and members of Greater Cleveland's Coordinated Response to Human Trafficking, to unveil a new human trafficking awareness campaign in northeast Ohio.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today warned of phone scams targeting Ohio grandparents, following an increase in complaints.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced the members of his office’s 2016-2017 Teen Ambassador Board.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against a roofer accused of failing to deliver promised services to consumers in northeast Ohio.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced Ohio’s participation in a multistate settlement requiring Volkswagen to pay more than $570 million for violating state laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices by marketing, selling, and leasing diesel vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed “defeat device” software.