Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Wife Bitten by a Rattlesnake

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by: Melissa Zaremba

Posted: Mar 28, 2019 / 12:22 PM CDT / Updated: Mar 28, 2019 / 12:26 PM CDT

LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 21: A venomous southern Pacific rattlesnake tastes the air in Santa Ynez Canyon in Topanga State Park on May 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. California’s entire state park system, the largest park system in the US, was included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation “11 Most Endangered Historic […]

Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s wife is home after being hospitalized for a rattlesnake bite.

Ava Arpaio was at the couple’s home in Fountain Hills Friday morning when she was suddenly bitten by the snake.

She spent the weekend in the Intensive Care Unit recovering.

The former Maricopa County Sheriff says she was released from the hospital on Monday and is now resting at home.