ST. LOUIS COUNTY • A woman who fatally stabbed a neighbor on Christmas Eve 2012 has been sent to prison for 12 years.

Danielle Cherise Mack-Jones, 29, stabbed Freeman Whitfield on Dec. 24, 2012, at his apartment in the 2000 block of Vincennes Drive of north St. Louis County. She then stole two televisions that belonged to him.

Mack-Jones pleaded guilty last month. It was a blind plea, which meant she had no deal on sentencing with prosecutors. So, Mack-Jones was at the mercy of Judge Michael Jamison on Monday. He sentenced her to 12 years in prison for second-degree murder, 12 years for armed criminal action, one year for misdemeanor stealing and seven years in another case for stealing a credit card.

The sentences will run concurrently.

Mack-Jones lives in the 9600 block of Ventura Drive in the Laurel Park Apartments, which is the same apartment complex where Whitfield, 39, lived. Police say they knew each other. The apartments are northwest of the intersection of Halls Ferry Road and Lucas and Hunt Road.