U.S. Department of Justice

The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Atrium Health, formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare System ("Atrium"). The settlement prohibits Atrium from using anticompetitive steering restrictions in contracts between commercial health insurers and its providers in the Charlotte, North Carolina metropolitan area.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Earl Stone, 34, of Buffalo, NY, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. According to the indictment and a previously filed complaint, late in the evening on April 12, 2026, Buffalo Police officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on Route 33 Expressway.

Dave Shumpert III, 30, of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa to life in prison after being found guilty by a jury on June 11 of charges related to sex trafficking, distribution of a controlled substance, and obstruction. "This sentence reflects the violent and reprehensible acts of coercion this defendant used to exploit the victims for his own personal profit," said Assistant Attorney General A.

BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Eric Hagen, 57, of Fort Erie, Canada, who was convicted of importation of controlled substances, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. In June 2024, Hagen was convicted of possessing child pornography in St. Catharines, Ontario.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Aden Ibrahim, 30, of Buffalo, NY, with being a felon in possession of ammunition, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, and maintaining a drug involved premises, which carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

TUCSON, Ariz. - Julio Cesar Rodriguez Rojas, 30, of Tucson, was sentenced earlier this month by Senior United States District Judge Raner C. Collins to 13 years in prison. Rodriguez Rojas previously pleaded guilty to Aiding and Abetting Conspiracy to Hostage Take. Rodriguez Rojas' co-conspirators, Olegario Lares-De La Rosa and Ivan Heriberto Borboa-Ruiz, both of Mexico, were previously sentenced to 18 years and 14 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in the same offense.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today its finding that the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF Medical School) discriminated based on race in granting and denying admission to its 2023-2025 incoming classes. UCSF Medical School’s discriminatory conduct violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v.

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Christopher Knight, 48, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a former city correctional officer, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison and one year of supervised release by United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond, for violating the civil rights of multiple inmates and trying to conceal his actions.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his illegal possession of a firearm recovered following a shooting. Andrew Reed, 23, pleaded guilty on March 10, 2026 to unlawfully possessing a firearm. He was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 84 months in the Bureau of Prisons, to be served without parole. He will also be required to serve a three-year term of supervised release upon release from imprisonment. On Feb.

HONOLULU - United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Bernadette Acaso, 20, a Filipino national residing in Honolulu, Oahu and Kahului, Maui, pleaded guilty on September 18, 2026, to unlawfully voting as an alien. As admitted in the plea agreement, Acaso was born in the Philippines and came to the United States in or around September 2018 on an immigrant visa and became a Lawful Permanent Resident.