Man sentenced to life in prison for murder of North Charleston motel owner

Man sentenced to life in prison for murder of North Charleston motel owner

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A man with a history of violent crimes was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday for murdering a North Charleston motel owner in 2022. Honorable Roger Young handed down to the sentence to Darnell Dwayne Brown after he was convicted of murdering Jagdishbhai Patel on June 25, 2022. At the time of the execution, Brown had been in the custody of the SC Department of Corrections four months earlier after serving…