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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Owners of Las Vegas health company ordered to pay $1M for Medicaid fraud
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Camille Funches, Rodshiekka Chester and their company, Building Resilience, were found guilty of fraudulently billing Medicaid for services that were not performed. The investigation of the company began after the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit received a referral for services not being provided by Building Resilience. According to the Nevada Attorney General's office, the investigation showed that Funches and Chester oversaw the billing services and knew the services weren't provided to Medicaid recipients, yet billed for them. Interviews with Medicaid recipients also confirmed that they either didn't receive the service, or the number of services that were billed was incorrect. Funches and Chester were placed on probation for two years and have a suspended sentence of 19 to 48 months. They were also ordered to pay restitution of $1 million to Medicaid. Suspected Medicaid fraud can be reported to the MFUC at (702) 486-3420 or (775) 684-1100. A complaint can also be submitted to the Nevada Attorney General's office at this link. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Yahoo
St. Paul shooter gets 19½-year prison sentence for killing man on University Avenue who had his back to him
E'Shaun Maurice Funches said during his presentence investigation that his killing of 30-year-old Alfonzo Avery Armstead in St. Paul was 'about two men's egos and pride,' his attorney told the court Thursday. Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Ryan Flynn said it is more than an 'ego-based decision.' 'It is an impulsive ego decision that was empowered with the abilities of a gun,' Flynn said. 'A few seconds and the defendant stole away a life. And he also stole from the victim's family and his loved ones.' Judge Laura Nelson went on to sentence Funches to 19½ years in prison, a term that was agreed upon as part of a plea agreement he reached with the prosecution in the daytime shooting of Armstead outside Sunrise Grocery and Tobacco on University Avenue on Dec. 13, 2023. Funches, 24, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty in February to second-degree unintentional murder and possession of a firearm by an ineligible person. A charge of second-degree murder with intent was dismissed at sentencing. Funches was arrested shortly after running away from the shooting and denied being the shooter. However, his friend and his friend's girlfriend who had picked him up for a ride — as well as video surveillance footage — told a different story, according to the criminal complaint, which didn't offer a motive in the case. Funches got out of a Nissan Rogue around 2:45 p.m. and quickly walked toward Armstead, who was standing outside the store. His back was turned to Funches, who opened fire on him. Armstead, who had gunshot wounds to his back, left leg and abdomen, died at Regions Hospital. 'What possesses a man to play God and take a life that he didn't give is beyond us,' Armstead's sister and brother said in a victim impact statement read in court by the prosecutor. 'The hurt and pain will never go away. We will never get over this ordeal.' Less than a month before the killing, Funches completed a three-year probation term in a 2019 aggravated robbery case out of Minneapolis. The complaint says a police officer in an unmarked squad heard the call about the shooting and saw Funches walking off a path wearing black pants and carrying black clothes draped over his arm. The officer watched Funches try to discard items in a dumpster in a church parking lot on Central Avenue. Funches was unable to open the dumpster, so he walked away carrying the items. The officer stopped Funches, who dropped the clothes. He tried to walk away, but was arrested when more officers arrived. Funches was trying to discard a black pair of pants and a black jacket that matched the one worn by the shooter. His shoes also matched those worn by the shooter. A canine tracked from the shooting area south in the direction the shooter ran. Officers found a Taurus handgun in a plastic bag hidden beneath a pile of leaves on the side of a path near Central and Western avenues. Funches was arrested coming from the direction where the gun was found. Some of the headstamps on the bullets in the magazine matched the headstamps on the three 9mm casings found at the murder scene. Armstead's girlfriend went to the shooting scene and told police that he recently was jumped by three men in front of the business, according to the complaint, which offers no further details on the incident. Funches agreed to speak to investigators. He said he found the clothes he was arrested carrying and that he was trying to throw away candy wrappers. He denied he had anything to do with the killing before eventually asking for an attorney. The Rogue's owner, who was in the front passenger seat during the shooting, said her boyfriend was driving and that they had picked Funches up at a White Castle near Rice Street. Funches had asked for a ride. She said they drove over to Arundel Street near University Avenue. Funches got out of her car and shot the man. Officers spoke to her boyfriend, who confirmed her story. 'The man was distraught that Funches would put him and his girlfriend in that situation,' the complaint says. He said Funches has pulled a gun on him in the past, so he kept Funches at a distance. In his previous case, Funches was charged with robbing a man of his cellphone, showing a handgun in his waistband, as the man left a downtown Minneapolis bar. He was sentenced to two months in the Hennepin County workhouse and three years' probation, which he completed in November 2023. 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Our emotions, egos and pride got the best of both of us, and ended up in a situation that neither of us planned to be in.' '
CBS News
24-04-2025
- CBS News
St. Paul man sentenced to 13 years in prison for deadly shooting outside tobacco shop
A judge sentenced a 24-year-old man to 13 years in prison on Thursday for his role in a deadly shooting outside a St. Paul tobacco store. E'shaun Maurice Funches pleaded guilty to one count each of second-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm last month for the Dec. 13, 2023, shooting. Court documents say Funches' prison sentence will be followed by 6.5 years of probation. The shooting happened at a store on the 400 block of University Avenue. Police said multiple callers reported hearing two or three gunshots. The complaint says that when officers arrived, they found the victim, later identified as 30-year-old Alfonzo Armstead, with gunshot wounds in his back, abdomen and leg. He was semi-conscious when they arrived, and said he couldn't breathe before losing consciousness altogether. He was taken to Regions Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A police sergeant witnessed a possible suspect running immediately after the shooting, where he stopped the man and took him into custody. According to the complaint, he was carrying clothing and appeared to be trying to discard them into a dumpster. Those pieces of clothing matched those of the shooter, as caught on surveillance video. He allegedly told officers he found the clothes, and when further asked why he would have been trying to throw them away, he is alleged to have told investigators that he was trying to throw away candy wrappers, not the clothes. Survelliance footage allegedly captured Funches exiting a Nissan Rogue right before the shooting. Investigators eventually found the vehicle's owner, who said she and her boyfriend had picked Funches up at a White Castle on Rice Street. She explained that Funches and her boyfriend had been friends for years. Near University Avenue and Arundel Street, she says Funches got out of the car and shot a man. She went to check on the man who had been shot, but she "didn't know what to do," according to charging documents. Her boyfriend told investigators they were "distraught" over the incident and called the police. Funches has a prior conviction of felony second-degree aggravated robbery, which bans him from owning a firearm.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Local 5th grader publishes first book on Amazon
SIMPSON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A local 5th grader at Magee Elementary School is proving that it's never too early to start on anything you put your mind to. 11-year-old Ayden Johnson published his first book on Amazon. It's called, 'The Awkmards.' 'When I saw the word awkward, I wanted to make it different so I decided to replace the 'w' with an 'm,'' said Ayden. His book highlights the importance of keeping your imagination alive. His mother Kawanzza Funches says at first, she was surprised. Ayden started writing during Christmas break and says, it took around two weeks to finish. 'I expect that from Ayden. He's very smart and you know, he's always like I'm going to do this,' said Funches. Germantown High School's Legacy choir to be featured on album His favorite subject is English. 'When I started really writing was in third grade because that was when I learned how to write essays. I was writing compare and contrast essays and short little stories,' said Ayden. 'We used to read to him when he was just three-years-old. He could memorize the whole book. He didn't even know what the words were. He just memorized from me reading the same story every night,' said Funches. Ayden says in the future, he plans to be a part time author writing books about fantasy. 'You can do anything as long as you put your mind to it,' said Ayden. 'It's amazing, you know because he's setting an example for other kids his age or younger,' said Funches. He's already on a roll with another book in the works. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
