News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced the conclusion of an elder abuse investigation through a plea agreement with Christine Warkentine filed in Clinton County Common Pleas Court. The attorney general’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Special Prosecutions Section handled the investigation and prosecution.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office today certified a summary of a petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution. The proposed amendment would change the way Ohio’s Electoral College members vote in presidential elections. An alternative summary for the same proposed amendment was rejected.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is calling for a new report on pain management to adhere to guidelines already published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for decreasing the risk of opioid misuse. Yost, along with 38 other state and territory attorneys general nationwide, sent a letter today to Dr. Vanila Singh, chief medical officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today filed an amicus brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals urging the court to reverse its Texas v. United States decision that found the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional. The state of Montana joined Ohio in its brief.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today issued the 2018 Capital Crimes Annual Report which includes information and a procedural history on each case that has resulted in a death sentence in Ohio since 1981.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced the conviction of a Belmont County man with charges of rape, sexual battery and aggravated burglary. A Guernsey County jury found Lawrence A. Hartley guilty of three first-degree felony rape charges, four third-degree sexual battery charges and a first-degree felony aggravated burglary charge.

A home hospice nurse who disposed of blood-soaked sheets and towels after a patient’s accidental death was sentenced today for tampering with evidence.

A Hamilton man who dumped hundreds of scrap tires illegally at an abandoned home and its surrounding property will spend the next two years in prison, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced his intent to file an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the reversal of a district court decision striking down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today that an owner of three addiction treatment centers in southern Ohio has been indicted on 34 felony charges, including Medicaid fraud, drug trafficking and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.