[StBernard] Woman Gets Jail Time For Killing Boyfriend

[Westley Annis]

Woman Gets Jail Time For Killing Boyfriend
Connie Reeb To Report To Prison After Giving Birth

POSTED: 9:11 am CDT July 28, 2010

CHALMETTE, La. -- A 32-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in
the shooting death of her boyfriend.

District Judge Jacques Sanborn sentenced Connie Reeb to 10 years, with five
years suspended on Tuesday. After she leaves prison, she must also serve
three years of active probation.

The Times-Picayune reported that Reeb was initially booked with
second-degree murder in the shooting death of her boyfriend, Ralph
Brossette, in the Violet home they shared.

Reeb, who had been living with Brossette for around six months at the time
of the Nov. 24, 2008, homicide, told investigators that Brossette abused and
threatened her and her two children.

Authorities said Reeb, who is pregnant, will report to prison after the
birth of her child.