CULTURE

White University of Hartford Student Brianna Brochu Arrested, After Slowly Poisoning Her Black Roommate, Chennel ‘Jazzy’ Rowe

Photo Instagram: Black College Student Jazzy Rowe Poisoned by Her White Roommate, Brianna Brochu at University of Hartford

Brochu boasted about poisoning her ‘Jamaican Barbie’

This Story Has Been Updated: Brianna Brochu, 18, of Harwinton, Connecticut, was arrested by the West Hartford Police Department on October 28 and charged with second-degree breach of peace and third-degree criminal mischief, both misdemeanors. She is a white student who bragged about harassing her black roommate by rubbing used tampons on her bag, pouring moldy clam dip in her lotion and putting her toothbrush inside her rectum.

Twitter | Brochu posted this to Instagram according to her roommate.

Local police confirmed with The Tab, that they have arrested Brochu, a freshman at the University of Hartford. Brochu was caught posting to Instagram, how she “finally got rid of her roommate,” who she referred to as “Jamaican Barbie.”

Chennel “Jazzy” Rowe, the freshman roommate of Brochu, went on Facebook live to describe the horrific details.

Jazzy posted a heartfelt message to her Instagram:

A post shared by 🌴J A Z Z Y 🌴 (@jahsbarbie) on

Brochu is scheduled to appear at Hartford Community Court on November 1 for her arraignment. She is currently free on $1,000 bail.

A group of students plan to hold a “Justice for Jazzy” meeting on Wednesday:

The University of Hartford has issued this statement via Twitter to reflect that Brochu is no longer a student after tweeting their first letter announcing that they were taking the allegations seriously. See both below.

 

Read some of the reactions on twitter below. #JusticeForJazzy is trending.