LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The man who killed a Fort Myers Police Officer in 2018 is sentenced to life without parole.
Wisner Desmaret was convicted last month for murdering Fort Myers Police Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller.
July 21st, 2018, Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller responded to a robbery investigation on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. According to court documents, Desmaret was the suspect that night. The documents state that Desmaret fled on foot and Officer Jobbers-Miller went after him. After a foot pursuit and a struggle, court documents state that Desmaret gained control and took the officer's gun, and shot him multiple times.
Officer Jobbers-Miller later died at the hospital at the age of 29.
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After Desmaret represented himself in his trial he asked the judge to throw out his conviction or to get a new trial, saying the judge should not have let him represent himself.
The judge denied both requests saying Desmaret was given numerous chances to have a lawyer present.
The jury has recommended life in prison.
