The ex-girlfriend of a defendant convicted of manslaughter has been sentenced to serve probation for helping to dispose of bullets from a gun she believed he used and clothes he wore in a 2013 fatal shooting in Morgan City. District Judge Paul deMahy sentenced Ashley Nicole Rudolph, 25, of Morgan City, on Friday to serve two years of supervised probation and 80 hours of community service work, according to St. Mary Parish Clerk of Court records. Rudolph is the ex-girlfriend of Justin Edward Patterson, who was convicted of manslaughter in March in connection with the May 2013 shooting death of ...