News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced an agreement with Teen USA and Darien E. Smith of Cleveland to cease charitable solicitations in Ohio and to pay $10,000 to the Attorney General’s office. Through the organization, teens went door-to-door selling candy but the money was not used for charitable purposes.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against POSuccess LLC of Dayton and its owner Princesa Brown for failing to deliver magazine subscriptions sold to consumers.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, along with the attorneys general of 36 other states and the District of Columbia, announced today a $17 million settlement with Google Inc. concerning its placement of third-party cookies on Safari Web browsers during 2011 and 2012.

“There is a heroin epidemic in Ohio,” said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today in a news conference to announce disturbing new figures about the use of heroin in the state.  The data, gathered from coroners across the state, show that the use of heroin has increased dramatically over the last four years. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today certified the petition for the proposed Ohio Clean Energy Initiative amendment to the Ohio Constitution.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released concealed carry license statistics for the third quarter of 2013 reporting 32,618 concealed carry licenses were issued.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) today announced that Marion County Judge James Slagle has granted the Attorney General’s request for a preliminary injunction to order the proper removal of asbestos-containing materials at the former industrial site 333 Joseph Street in Marion.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced lawsuits against two Northeast Ohio home improvement contractors. The lawsuits accuse Mark Walker of Avon, and his business, All American Restoration, and Wayne Given of Silver Lake, doing business as Basement Waterproofing Solutions, of failure to deliver and performing shoddy work.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against Form Giant LLC, the Cincinnati-based business that operates Change-My-Address.com. Consumers across the country mistakenly believed the website was associated with the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) has completed its investigation into the July officer-involved shooting death of a Village resident