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Arizona sheriff's wife home after snake bite hospitalization

Posted at 7:17 AM, Mar 26, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-26 10:17:26-04

PHOENIX (AP) - Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says his wife is home after being hospitalized for a rattlesnake bite.

Ava Arpaio was at the couple's home in the Phoenix suburb of Fountain Hills when the snake bit her Friday morning.

Joe Arpaio says in a statement that she was released from a hospital Monday and is resting at home.

He had earlier said his wife was sitting in her office when the snake bit her.