Crime & Safety

St. Charles Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Murder Case

Tory Brooks was one of four men who attempted to rob Brandon Joyce during a drug deal gone bad.

The man who was the passenger in a getaway car during an attempted robbery and murder on a St. Charles parking lot on Christmas Eve 2010 was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Tory Brooks, 22, of the 900 block of North Sixth Street, pleaded no contest to charges of second-degree murder, attempted robbery and two counts of armed criminal action, the report said, for his part in the the , a 26-year-old St. Charles-native.

Brooks was one of four men who tried to rob Joyce during a drug deal early on the morning of Dec. 24, 2012.

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According to court documents, investigators say the fourth suspect shot Joyce in the head, then all the men fled. Joyce died at 3:50 a.m. Dec. 28 at . 

Brooks' twin brother, Cory Brooks, pleaded guilty of second-degree murder this year, the Post-Dispatch reported, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two of the Brookses' cousins, including the alleged gunman, await trial.

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