News Releases

 In an effort to keep the public up-to-date on the progress of the Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Initiative, Attorney General DeWine released the following status update today: 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced a lawsuit against a Butler County concrete contractor accused of failing to deliver promised services to consumers. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today warned that Ohioans are being targeted by tax scams, even though tax season has ended.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that he is extending the deadline for the Ohio Attorney General’s Moving Ohio Forward demolition grant program.  The deadline to complete demolitions to receive funding was May 31, 2014 and will now be extended to September 30, 2014.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that representatives with his office signed an agreement with 18 Summit County partners to hold the Attorney General’s Fugitive Safe Surrender Program on June 25, 26, 27, and 28 in Summit County.   While it’s not an amnesty program, Fugitive Safe Surrender does give people with outstanding felony and misdemeanor warrants a chance to resolve those issues in a church or other community-based setting. 

In advance of National Missing Children's Day on Sunday, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released the 2013 Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse Report, which documents that 18,599 children were reported missing in Ohio in 2013.

As part of his Ohio Unsolved Homicides Initiative, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking for information regarding the shooting death of a Dayton man that happened 22 years ago.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today encouraged consumers to change their passwords following the announcement of a breach affecting eBay users’ passwords.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Carter M. Stewart joined members of the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, including Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs, Ohio State Highway Patrol Colonel Paul Pride, and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Marlon V. Miller, in announcing the arrests of a father and son on federal human trafficking charges.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Steubenville Police Chief William McCafferty announced today that more than $1.5 million was seized after authorities served multiple search warrants in the Steubenville area on Friday.