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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following statement regarding the death of Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter, 27, who was killed overnight in the line of duty.

With a trial date looming, the former marketing director for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium pleaded guilty today to 16 felony counts and one misdemeanor, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

A grant program designed to enhance the accuracy and completeness of the state’s criminal-records repository will pay for 77 new devices that courts across Ohio will use to capture defendants’ fingerprints for submission to the database, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced the launch of a new training scenario for EMS workers, the fourth in a series of videos designed to help health-care professionals and first responders identify and respond to situations involving human trafficking. Also today, Yost announced a new “best practices” guide for raising public awareness of human trafficking among adolescents and teenagers.