The Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced that 56-year-old Michael A. Harris was sentenced Monday in Erie County Court to 25 years to life in prison.
The district attorney’s office said that on July 7, 2024, Harris stabbed his ex-girlfriend, 48-year-old Tanya L. Stump, in the neck outside of her home on Anthony Drive in Lackawanna while they were involved in an argument. Later the same morning, Stump was found dead on the back porch by family members.
According to the DA, Harris committed the homicide while knowingly in violation of an existing order of protection that had been issued for the victim following a prior domestic violence-related incident…