Trigger Warning: Sexual Harassment, Stalking

Man Sentenced to 1 Year for Violating Protective Order Against Norfolk Man

NORFOLK, Va. – Aaron Michael Gallimore, 41, was sentenced on Friday to serve one year in prison for felony violation of a protective order after he harassed a man whom Mr. Gallimore previously stalked and was prohibited from contacting.

In July 2023, Norfolk General District Court issued a protective order against Mr. Gallimore prohibiting him from contacting the victim, with whom Mr. Gallimore was previously in a relationship. In September, before the protective order expired, Mr. Gallimore sent the victim several unwanted emails — some containing photos of Mr. Gallimore’s genitals. The victim secured warrants from a Norfolk Magistrate against Mr. Gallimore for violating the protective order, and Norfolk Police arrested Mr. Gallimore on those warrants in October.

Mr. Gallimore has had 10 prior misdemeanor convictions in Norfolk General District Court involving the same victim. The prior convictions include Mr. Gallimore damaging and trespassing the victim’s property on several occasions, stalking the victim, and twice violating other protective orders. In Virginia, violating a protective order for a third or subsequent time in a 20-year span is a felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of six months in jail, and the incident involving Mr. Gallimore emailing the victim resulted in Mr. Gallimore being charged with multiple felony violations.

Mr. Gallimore pleaded guilty on Feb. 8 to one count of felony violation of a protective order. In exchange for Mr. Gallimore’s plea, the Commonwealth agreed to dismiss the additional counts of those offenses. Judge Joseph C. Lindsey accepted Mr. Gallimore’s plea under the agreement that Mr. Gallimore could be sentenced to a maximum of one year in prison.

On Friday after hearing arguments from the prosecutor and defense, Judge Lindsey sentenced Mr. Gallimore to serve one year in prison and suspended another two years on the conditions that Mr. Gallimore complete three years of uniform good behavior and supervised probation following his release and have no further contact with the victim.

“Mr. Gallimore’s ex-boyfriend deserves to live free of Mr. Gallimore’s criminal harassment,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “Hopefully this time Mr. Gallimore’s time in jail will encourage him to obey the court’s protective orders and leave the victim in peace.”

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney David A. Johnson led Mr. Gallimore’s sentencing on behalf of the Commonwealth.

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