COLUMBUS — Six members of a violent crime ring in south Columbus have been indicted on a combined 124 felony charges – including murder and human trafficking – following an investigation by the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. The task force, formed under the Ohio Attorney General’s Organized Crime Investigations Commission, conducted the investigation […]
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Child ID Kits available for Ohio’s 2nd-grade students
COLUMBUS — Attorney General Dave Yost is bringing the National Child Identification Program to Ohio again. Attorney General Yost, with the support of American Electric Power, is providing every Ohio second-grade student with a Child ID Kit. Statistics show that more than 1,000 children in America go missing each day. Yet, most parents do not […]
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Yost: Biden should protect Ohioans, not illegal alien sex offenders
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is demanding that President Joe Biden and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reinstate Operation Talon, a nationwide operation to remove convicted sex offenders who are in the country illegally. Yost, along with the attorneys general from Arizona, North Dakota and Wyoming, sent President Biden a letter calling for […]
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Columbus Police Officer indicted on murder charges
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced the indictment of former Columbus Police Officer Adam Coy for his actions in a December 2020 officer-involved shooting resulting in the death of Andre Hill. Coy was indicted Wednesday afternoon by a grand jury in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. He faces charges of […]
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Yost asks Congress for Safe Harbor while Ohio investigates unemployment fraud
COLUMBUS — Attorney General Dave Yost has asked Congress to protect hundreds of thousands of working Ohioans who may have had fraudulent unemployment claims filed in their names, shielding them from having to pay taxes on benefits that they never received. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is expected to send 1.7 […]