News Releases

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Battelle President and CEO Dr. Jeffrey Wadsworth announced today a ground-breaking Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) project at the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Laboratory in London, Ohio. NGS will enhance BCI’s DNA testing capabilities in solving missing persons cases in Ohio.

In response to last week's ambush murders of five law enforcement officers in Dallas, Texas, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that he has expanded advanced training opportunities available to Ohio peace officers to help them prepare for an ambush attack. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Craig W. Butler today announced that a criminal complaint has been filed against the former operator of the village of Sebring’s public water system for failing to promptly notify citizens about the results of water samples tested last year.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against a Columbus home improvement contractor accused of performing incomplete, shoddy work.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Cleveland Office will have adjusted operating hours from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. during the week of the RNC (July 18-22). The Cleveland office is located at 615 W. Superior Avenue, 11^th Floor.  Questions? Call 216-787-3030.  Normal business hours of operation (8:00am to 5:00pm) resume on July 25^th. 

As the Mega Millions jackpot rises, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning consumers to beware of lottery and sweepstakes scams.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced today that a suspected serial rapist has been indicted on charges linking him to the sexual assaults of seven women over a period of ten years.

 Bowling Green State University President Mary Ellen Mazey and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that the university and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office have been awarded nearly $440,000 in grant funding from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.  The grant will be used by the university and the Ohio Attorney General’s Center for the Future of Forensic Science to help identify ways to streamline the analytical process of testing Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs). 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that DNA testing conducted as part of the Attorney General's Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Initiative has now resulted in more than 4,000 hits in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).

 Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today joined Karen Walsh, Director of the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking, and members of Greater Cleveland's Coordinated Response to Human Trafficking, to unveil a new human trafficking awareness campaign in northeast Ohio.