Man sentenced to life in prison for 2024 Frogtown homicide

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 shooting. Brown was arrested in relation to DC s death, but was released without charges. After seeing Parker, Brown reportedly gathered his things and left the bar, retreated to his vehicle u