CHESAPEAKE — A Chesapeake man was sentenced Monday to 68 years in prison for breaking into his estranged wife’s home and fatally shooting her just days after she obtained a protective order against him. The term issued to Ben Wynkoop was well over the 28-year maximum that state sentencing guidelines had recommended. The guidelines suggest a sentencing range based on a defendant’s background .
The Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Chesapeake said that Alexander Harbin, 28, of Chesapeake, was convicted of the violent abuse of his wife.