CHESAPEAKE — A 63-year-old man was sentenced Monday to nearly 23 years in prison for fatally stabbing his former girlfriend.
Anthony Leonard Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder at the start of Monday’s hearing in Chesapeake Circuit Court. As part of an agreement with prosecutors, first-degree murder and stabbing charges against Johnson were dismissed, and Judge Marjorie T. Arrington sentenced him to 22 years and 11 months in prison.
The body of Valarie McElroy, 58, was found Nov. 27, 2022, in her apartment near the intersection of Battlefield Boulevard and South Military Highway, according to a statement of facts entered into evidence…