COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking lead-plaintiff status in a securities class-action lawsuit accusing Target of misleading investors about the financial risks of initiatives promoting the company’s divisive social agenda. Yost on Tuesday filed a motion to lead the case on behalf of the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio. The lawsuit alleges that Target artificially inflated […]
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Dayton woman pleads guilty to $1.5 million theft from Medicaid program
COLUMBUS — A Montgomery County woman banned previously from working as a Medicaid provider pleaded guilty today for yet again defrauding the program – this time stealing $1.5 million, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced. Janay Corbitt, 36, of Dayton, pleaded guilty to second-degree felony theft and three third-degree felony counts of identity fraud. A […]
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Sex crime allegations involving Faith Life Church focus of joint law enforcement probe
MOUNT VERNON — The Knox and Licking County sheriff’s offices are jointly investigating allegations of sexual misconduct connected with the Faith Life Church in New Albany. The church and its more than 3,000 members are led by co-pastors Gary Keesee, and his wife, Drenda Keesee, who recently took office as Knox County commissioner. The Ohio […]
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Ohio AG sues company for allegedly failing to deliver gravestones
DAYTON — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit Friday against a Dayton man and a cemetery association accused of taking money for gravestones but failing to deliver the products. The suit, filed in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, says that Trevor Bush and the Harrison Township Cemetery Association – operating under the name “Greencastle Cemetery” […]
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Audit aims to improve Richland County Jail inmate intake, medical procedures
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Jail will undergo a policies and procedures audit through the Legal and Liability Management Institute, a $28,000 analysis county commissioners approved Tuesday. The company, based in Indiana, will spend about two weeks looking at operations in the 266-bed jail that opened in 2008, with a particular focus on intake and […]
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Man gets jail time in Clinton County for poaching 18-point white-tailed deer
WILMINGTON — A Clinton County man will spend time in jail for his leading role in a high-profile case of deer poaching, for which other defendants were previously sentenced, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Wednesday. Wilmington resident Christopher J. (“C.J.”) Alexander, 28, was sentenced to 90 days in jail and ordered to pay a […]
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Ashland man’s body found in Town Run Creek area
ASHLAND — The body of a missing Ashland man has been found, according to a press release issued Friday night by the Ashland Division of Police. Jermaine Anderson, 43, was discovered in the Town Run Creek near City Lot B, Ashland Police captain Craig Kiley stated. The press release did not list a cause of […]
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Ohio AG sues software company over $76M in losses to state pension funds
COLUMBUS — Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a motion asking that Ohio be named lead plaintiff in a securities class-action lawsuit claiming that ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. deliberately misled investors, fueling $75.9 million in losses for the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System and the State Teachers Retirement System. “ZoomInfo’s leadership willfully blinded investors to the reality that […]
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Mansfield, Galion, Nova & Willard men arrested in Ohio human trafficking sting
COLUMBUS – A statewide human-trafficking operation conducted last week by more than 100 law enforcement agencies ended in the arrest of 132 people who sought to buy sex – including some exchanges involving minors, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Monday. “We have to attack this scourge by curbing the demand,” Yost said. “This operation […]
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Yost: Ohio among 16 states challenging Biden administration on blanket amnesty for illegal aliens
COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and his counterparts in 15 other states are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the Biden administration’s latest attempt to grant amnesty to illegal aliens through executive action, a move that flagrantly violates federal law. The lawsuit challenges the department’s recent “parole-in-place” program, which seeks to provide blanket […]