Category: Ohio Attorney General

Investigative Files Published After No-Bill in Vincent Belmonte Case

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — A Cuyahoga County grand jury has declined to indict a law enforcement officer in the death of Vincent Belmonte and, to...

Traffic Safety Grants To Fund Officer Training

(LONDON, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced that the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) has received two grants totaling $280,000...

Eight Face Charges for Stealing Deer Meat, Illegally Poaching Ohio White-tailed Deer

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — In the wake of a joint investigation by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and the office of Ohio Attorney...

Governor DeWine Unveils New Standard License Plate

The "Sunrise in Ohio" license plate will be available to drivers beginning Dec. 29, 2021.  (COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, First Lady Fran...

Arrest Made Following Indictment in 1995 Cold Case

(MARIETTA, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Washington County Sheriff Larry R. Mincks Sr. today announced the indictment and arrest of a...

Attorney General Yost Honors the Best of Ohio Law Enforcement at 2021 Conference

COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today recognized the significant contributions of numerous public safety officers and one civilian as part of...

AG Yost Opposes Federal Policy Intrusive to Private Bank Information

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, along with 19 other state attorneys general, have sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department...

Indictment Accuses Man of Running Illegal Funeral Business

(TOLEDO, Ohio) — A Lucas County grand jury has indicted Shawnte Hardin on 37 charges related to providing funeral services without a license. Hardin, 41,...

Former Autism School Administrator Sentenced to Jail for Theft

(BRYAN, Ohio) — The former executive director of the P.A.T.H. School for Autism, Inc. and the P.A.T.H. Academy for Autism, Ltd. has been sentenced...

Former Cuyahoga County Jail Director Sentenced

(CLEVELAND, Ohio) — Kenneth Mills, the former director of the Cuyahoga County Regional Jail, was sentenced to 9 months in jail, the maximum possible...

Cutting-Edge Technology Deployed to Provide Courtroom-Ready Results Within Minutes

(MARION, Ohio) — A new pilot program will speed up drug testing, aiding investigations and prosecutions, by sending easy-to-use mass spectrometers to three regions...

Attorney General Dave Yost Announces Success of Statewide Anti-Human Trafficking Sting

Operation 'Ohio Knows' Nets 161 Seeking to Buy Sex (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced that 161 people were arrested and...

Illegal Dumping Investigation Yields Three Indictments in Northeast Ohio

(AKRON, Ohio) — A Summit County grand jury this week indicted two men and a junk-removal business in connection with illegal dumping in Copley Township, Attorney...

Former FirstEnergy Executives Reindicted on Public Corruption Charges

(AKRON, Ohio) — Two former FirstEnergy executives have been reindicted for their alleged roles in the House Bill 6 scandal involving the Akron-based electric utility, Ohio Attorney...

Yost Sues Northeast Ohio Contractor Accused of Shoddy, Incomplete Home Improvements

(WARREN, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a Mahoning Valley contractor who allegedly performed substandard home-improvement work or failed to complete...

Yost Sues Online Seller of Model Trains for Failure to Deliver Products

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing a Brecksville man accused of taking consumers’ money for collectible model trains that he...

Yost’s Office Defends EdChoice as Case Reaches Appeals Court

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office today led the state’s defense of the EdChoice Scholarship Program during oral arguments before the...