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Desmen Lee Parker, who prosecutors say killed a man in Frogtown in the early morning of April 3, 2024, has been sentenced to life in prison.
Court documents show Parker was issued a life sentence without the possibility of parole for aiding and abetting first-degree murder and five years’ imprisonment for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Both sentences will run concurrently.
As previously reported, Parker was convicted of killing Robert James Brown after seeing him in a St. Paul bar in Frogtown.
Brown reportedly entered the bar around 8:30 p.m. on April 2, and Parker entered shortly after.
Court records state the two had a history with one another dating back to the late 2000s, in which Parker’s friend, known in court records as “DC,” had been killed in a 2008 sho...
