News Releases

Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Christopher Ward has been indicted for gross sexual imposition and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is enlisting the help of the public. Anyone with tips regarding the ongoing investigation of Trooper Ward is encouraged to contact the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) with information.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost visited Ross County Sheriff George W. Lavender Jr. to discuss two attacks just outside Chillicothe this week that left three people dead and a fourth critically injured. Crime scene investigators from the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) were on-scene to assist Lavender’s office with the case within hours of the victims being found on Monday.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Franklin County Coroner Dr. Anahi M. Ortiz today released an artist's new depiction of an unidentified woman who was found dead in May 1998 in Franklin County.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined Pike County leaders and state legislators today to discuss financial support the attorney general called for and the state is now providing to help the county address some costs of prosecution and defense in connection with the Rhoden family homicides.

Clermont County Detective Bill Brewer was shot and killed Saturday evening following a stand off with a suspect in Pierce Township.

Attorney General Dave Yost is urging Ohioans to watch out for scammers this tax season and to protect their personal information and refund dollars.

A former Steubenville police officer was sentenced today along with four other men for running an illegal poaching scheme in Jefferson County, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today called for the State Medical Board of Ohio to immediately suspend Dr. William Husel’s, D.O., license to practice medicine in Ohio amid allegations that he ordered excessively high doses of fentanyl and other drugs for critically ill or near end-of-life patients at the Mount Carmel Health System.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced that a Pennsylvania company must pay restitution and fines totaling $30,000 for exceeding the allowable amount of hazardous waste stored at its facility in Cuyahoga County.

Attorney General Dave Yost announced today that he and 45 other Attorneys General reached a $120 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson owned companies Medical Device Business Services, Inc. (formerly DePuy, Inc.), DePuy Products, Inc., DePuy Synthes Inc. and DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc. to resolve allegations that DePuy unlawfully promoted their metal-on-metal hip implant devices, the ASR XL and the Pinnacle Ultamet.