News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Columbus Division of Police Chief Elaine Bryant today announced the indictment of a Columbus man following an investigation conducted by the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force.
 

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has joined 13 other states in a lawsuit that seeks to determine how the federal government targeted parents who raised concerns with local school boards about the education of their children.

In a letter sent today to Ohio’s public employee pension boards, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost notified board members to pull all Russian-based investments from their portfolios in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s horrific and callous attacks on the people of Ukraine.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today issued Ohio’s Law on Concealed Handguns annual report showing that 202,920 concealed carry licenses were issued in Ohio in 2021.

A Cuyahoga County grand jury has declined to indict a law enforcement officer in the death of Innes Kirk Lee Jr., and to be as transparent as possible, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost published the complete investigative files on the web, available for anyone to see.

More than 300 people joined an online educational forum presented this week by the Ohio Attorney General’s Elder Abuse Commission aimed at helping older Ohioans avoid financial exploitation, an all-too-common form of elder abuse.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson are enlisting the public’s help after the indictment of a Lawrence County man on voyeurism and child pornography charges.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following statement regarding the death of Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla: 

Eight people seeking to buy sex were arrested during a human trafficking crackdown in northeastern Ohio that coincided with the National Basketball Association’s All-Star Game festivities in Cleveland, Attorney General Yost announced today.

Economic stimulus checks meant to aid in the recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic contributed significantly to the record surge in Americans who died of opioid overdoses, according to a study by the Ohio Attorney General’s Center for the Future of Forensic Science.