County will exterminate mosquitoes with fogging

treatment and was booked into the Pinal County Jail on one count of disorderly conduct, he said.

The case will be submitted to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office when the investigation is completed for review of other possible charges.

“This was an unusual call for our deputies in an active senior community,” Sheriff Paul Babeu said in a statement. “Clearly, this young man should have heeded the warnings of the homeowner to leave his residence and to stop sleeping with his wife. The young man is lucky that he only got poked with a cane and hit with a stray pellet from the shotgun.”

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returned to the scene after witnesses to the accident followed the truck and got the driver’s attention.

Police say Edward George was booked into the Pima County Jail after being arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder. It wasn’t immediately known whether George has an attorney.

PHOENIX — Mosquito activity is expected to decrease as temperatures fall.

But the Maricopa County Environmental Services Department will continue to fog and set traps in Phoenix to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus.

The county has fogged more acres in Phoenix so far this year compared with the two previous years.

So far, the county has treated 180,088 acres with adulticide. That’s compared with 125,249 acres in 2012 and 84,389 in 2011.

This year, Maricopa County has had more than 30 cases of West Nile virus in humans and two deaths.

The department also has found more than 130 positive mosquito samples so far this year.

And as the busy season for mosquitoes winds down, county spokesman Johnny Diloné said at least 500 mosquito traps will be set every week across the county.

Officials examine the traps for one of three conditions: if any of the trapped mosquitoes carry West Nile virus, if it has more than 30 Culex mosquitoes (which are more likely to carry West Nile virus) or if there are 300 or more mosquitoes in a trap.

Diloné said if the traps have one or more of these conditions, the county will fog the area.

Exterminators fog between midnight and 5 a.m. — when most people are inside and won’t be fully exposed to the Permanone 30-30 and Zenivex E4 chemicals — around1square mile of where they collected the traps.

“What we use is very naturalbased,” Diloné said of the fogging chemicals. “It is what the city of Phoenix considers to be the least harmful.”

The county started fogging in March. Diloné said it’s hard to predict if this year will end up as busy as last year.

Last year, Diloné said, there was a spike in the number of calls the department received about mosquitoes during October.

This year, he has seen a “significant decrease” in the number of mosquito complaints, but his department encourages the public to report any growing mosquito activity.

“We remind them that they shouldn’t be thinking that just because (mosquito activity is prevalent) in one area, that they should not be concerned,” Diloné said. “We try to stress that everyone should be concerned, regardless of where they are. In reality, we do have mosquito activity in practically all of Maricopa County.”

Diloné said April to October is the busier time for the department. Monsoon storms between July and September create havens for mosquito breeding grounds, as they need “three to four days of stagnant water” to begin reproducing, he said.

Residents also can subscribe to fogging alerts via phone or e-mail. To check fogging schedules, report mosquito problems or find out more information, go to maricopa.gov/wnv.