Category: Ohio

Attorney General Yost Seeks Reimbursement from Car Dealership Accused of Title Problems

(CLEVELAND, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today that his office has filed a lawsuit against a used-car dealership and its owners...

AG Yost Reaches Settlement with Internet Provider; Ohioans to get Better Service

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has reached a settlement agreement with Frontier Communications to increase the quality of internet coverage to...

Elder Patient Abuse Cases Prompt AG Yost to Urge Vigilance in Protecting Ohioans

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — An elderly woman at a patient care facility in Kent, Ohio, was having trouble installing her dentures when patient-care worker Anthony...

Public’s Help Needed in Identifying Suspect in Knox County Incident

(MOUNT VERNON, Ohio) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation along with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and Fredericktown Police Department are...

Centene Agrees to Pay a Record $88.3 Million to Settle Ohio PBM Case Brought by AG Yost

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Centene Corp. (CNC) has agreed to pay Ohio $88.3 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Dave Yost in...

Guernsey County Man Arrested in 1986 Texas Cold Case

(CAMBRIDGE, Ohio) — A Quaker City man has been arrested for a 1986 homicide that occurred in Texas, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and...

AG Yost Files Emergency Order to Stop Leakage of Manure into Ohio Stream

(GOSHEN, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed for a temporary restraining order against the owner of dairy farm after a massive...

Reps. Weinstein and Miller introduce legislation to combat rise of hate crimes in Ohio

Bill would create the Hate Crimes Bureau to increase cooperation, prevention and enforcement of hate crimes to keep communities safe  COLUMBUS - State Reps. Adam...

AG Yost Files Landmark Lawsuit to Declare Google a Public Utility

(DELAWARE, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today filed a landmark lawsuit asking the court to declare Google a public utility, reining in...

AG Yost Investigation of ‘Dogs 4 Warriors’ Leads to Settlement, Dissolution

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has reached a settlement with the operators of the nonprofit Dogs 4 Warriors after an investigation by...

Attorney General Yost Issues Annual Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse Report

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today released the 2020 Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse Report, in recognition of National Missing Children’s Day,...

Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force Seizes Meth, 2,718 Fentanyl Pills and Arrests Two

(PATASKALA, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Governor Mike DeWine and Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp today announced a significant methamphetamine and fentanyl seizure...

Six Medicaid Providers Facing Fraud, Theft Charges

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Indictments filed this month by the office of Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson accuse six Medicaid providers of stealing a combined...

Stark County Man, Nonprofit Indicted in Theft of Charitable Donations

(CANTON, Ohio) — A Stark County man and his nonprofit organization have been indicted for allegedly stealing approximately $375,000 in charitable donations over three...

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...

Governor DeWine Announces Pause of Data Center Tax Exemption

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that he has directed the chair of the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to pause consideration of...