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A Navajo state senator said Friday she’s hoping for final approval of her bill to tighten regulations for rehab facilities amid widespread fraud that has bilked hundreds of millions in Arizona Medicaid dollars and scammed hundreds of Native Americans seeking help for addictions.

On March 7, 2024, suspect Timothy Bell was found competent to stand trial in the death of an 18-year-old who was gunned down on Christmas 2020. He faces the death penalty if he's found guilty of first-degree murder.

A civil lawsuit has been filed in connection with Arizona's sober living crisis. This comes after AHCCCS was defrauded for an estimated $2 billion as a result of a scheme that preyed on vulnerable people in need of substance abuse treatment.

After a former Palm Valley Post Acute patient was discharged, a fellow patient encouraged her to report her alleged rape by a nursing assistant to Goodyear Police. Now she's pregnant.

From video showing the arrest of a stabbing and murder suspect to dozens moving out of a hotel property in the East Valley that was once under investigation by health officials, here's a look at some of our top stories.

A Tempe hotel property once investigated by the Arizona Department of Health can no longer house about a hundred people, including children. This comes after a company that ran the facility, NewFound Hope, stopped receiving payments from the state.

Goodyear Police submitted charges against Bobby Lee Williams, the former Palm Valley Post Acute employee accused of raping and impregnating a patient.

A former Arizona nursing assistant is under criminal investigation and is accused of raping a patient and getting her pregnant at a long-term care facility. FOX 10 uncovered new details about how it took weeks for state agencies to find out about the alleged sexual abuse.

After bad actors in behavioral health defrauded the state's Medicaid agency for a billion dollars, a new Arizona State Senate bill is aiming to crack down on the fraud.

Remember the luxury condos in Mesa we told you about that were overrun by unlicensed sober living homes? Fox 10 Investigates uncovered police reports detailing what exactly was unfolding and how it was allowed.

FOX 10 Investigates has an update on a report we brought you about a Tempe hotel property being used as an unlicensed treatment center for dozens of people battling addictions.

Months after Phoenix's once largest homeless encampment, known as "The Zone," was cleared, we're taking a look at the crime stats and what it's been like since for both the homeless community and surrounding businesses.