Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Program

Announced by Ohio Attorney general Mike DeWine in February 2012, the Moving Ohio Forward Demolition Program helps stabilize and improve communities by removing blighted and abandoned homes with funds from the national mortgage settlement reached earlier this year. While an exact total of abandoned homes is not available, conservative estimates place the number of vacant and abandoned properties in Ohio in need of immediate demolition at 100,000.

The Ohio Attorney General's office made $75 million from the settlement available statewide for Moving Ohio Forward demolition grants. In the Mahoning Valley, where DeWine attended the demolition today, Mahoning and Trumbull Counties received their full grant allocations of $1,531,680 and $1,275,797, respectively.

BCI Forensic Dive Team

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has announced that the newly formed Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Forensic Dive Team is now available to help Ohio law enforcement agencies recover criminal evidence in water. The team is available to assist any hour of the day to recover any criminal evidence located in water such as human remains, weapons, clothing, or tools. When asked for assistance by any Ohio law enforcement agency, BCI's Forensic Dive Team members will search the water, identify and document evidence, and properly recover the evidence as well. Any item recovered would then be sent to the BCI Laboratory for analysis. The team will also work closely with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to assist in their investigations of crimes such as illegal underwater tire or barrel dumps.

Attorney General DeWine Discusses Nursing Home Drug Diversion

On July 10, 2012, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine discussed efforts to fight the growing problem of prescription drug abuse and drug diversion taking place within Ohio's nursing homes and assisted living/residential care facilities. Attorney General DeWine discussed the detrimental effects drug diversion has on sick patients and stress the opportunities available for investigative assistance.

Press Conference on U.S. Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine gave his comments on the June 28, 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dept. of HHS v Florida, which would determine the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare"

Telemarketing Fraud Indictment Press Conference

Attorney General Mike DeWine held a press conference on June 25, 2012 to announce indictments and arrests following an investigation into a telemarketing fraud scheme that began in Ohio in 2007. It involved phony land deals, reached into more than 40 states, and cost victims millions of dollars.

25th Annual Ohio Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony

25th Annual Ohio Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony

2011 Take Action Video Contest - 1st place: Alexander Martin