A Kenner man will spend 10 years behind bars for choking his wife and firing a shotgun at her after an argument over dinner plans.Charles Gussett, 66, pleaded guilty Monday to illegal use of a weapon, using a firearm during a crime of violence and domestic abuse battery.Prosecutors said an October 2013 argument began when Gussett asked his wife what was for dinner. When she told him that she didn't have any dinner plans, prosecutors said Gussett grabbed her by the neck, The Associated Press reported.The woman broke free, and Gussett got a shotgun and tried to shoot her, but the weapon didn't fire. He fired at her again outside, striking a vehicle and a neighbor's house.Gussett fled the area and was arrested two days later after coming back home, Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick Jr. said in a news release.Connick said when Gussett is released from prison, he will be forbidden from seeing his wife for life with a permanent stay-away order.Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here.Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!

A Kenner man will spend 10 years behind bars for choking his wife and firing a shotgun at her after an argument over dinner plans.



Charles Gussett, 66, pleaded guilty Monday to illegal use of a weapon, using a firearm during a crime of violence and domestic abuse battery.




Prosecutors said an October 2013 argument began when Gussett asked his wife what was for dinner. When she told him that she didn't have any dinner plans, prosecutors said Gussett grabbed her by the neck, The Associated Press reported.



The woman broke free, and Gussett got a shotgun and tried to shoot her, but the weapon didn't fire. He fired at her again outside, striking a vehicle and a neighbor's house.

Gussett fled the area and was arrested two days later after coming back home, Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick Jr. said in a news release.

Connick said when Gussett is released from prison, he will be forbidden from seeing his wife for life with a permanent stay-away order.

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