Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, is urging religious leaders to watch for signs of extremism and learn how to report violent threats or incidents against places of worship and their members.

Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, announced that his office and law enforcement agencies are seeing an increase in cases involving impostors posing as others, especially as children or teens on social media and online gaming platforms, persuading victims to provide sexual or intimate personal information, and using that information to threaten or intimidate their victims.

On March 9, an historic federal court case concluded with a jury in the Southern District of Ohio convicting former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former Ohio Republican Party chair Mathew Borges for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy. Much has been written about the $61 million bribery scheme, the lengthy investigation and the trial that lasted over a month, but the unsung heroes of the case thus far have been the jurors.

A federal grand jury has charged three men in two separate cases involving drugs sold near elementary schools in Springfield and Vandalia.

A home healthcare company providing services in several states, including Ohio, to U.S. Department of Energy employees and contractors, among others, who were injured or became ill on the job has paid $9 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act.