Eleanor Adderley was sentenced to nine months in prison Friday for emptying a clip at her husband, Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley, a judge ruled.
The sentence was part of an already agreed upon settlement by prosecutors and Adderley's attorneys. After she completes her jail term, Adderley, 46, will have two year's probation.
The jail sentence comes on the heels of news that Frank Adderley filed for divorce from his estranged wife last week, the Miami Herald reported today.
That was a bit of a formality after the July 2008 shooting inside the couple's Plantation home.
The bizarre incident, in which Eleanor fired three shots in her husband's direction, started when she discovered that the chief had bought his lover a more expensive Christmas gift than he had for his wife.
This caused her to "snap," grabbing a gun and firing a round into the bed the chief was sitting on, then firing two shots in the air outside the home as her hubby fled.
Eleanor pleaded no contest to charges of aggravated assault without a firearm and using a gun in an occupied building.
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Chief Adderley, 48, filed for the divorce on Sept. 23, saying the 18-year marriage was "irretrievably broken."
Chief Adderley has requested custody of the couple's 16-year-old son.
