According to a criminal complaint, officers responded to a report of an assault at a Walgreens located at 1180 Arcade Street in St. Paul on the afternoon of June 19.

Upon arrival, officers met with the store's manager who told authorities while he was walking toward his office, a white man starting yelling at him and the manager recognized the man from a previous shoplifting incident.

After the manager told the man to leave, the man used vulgar language towards the manager, making reference to the manager's Mexican heritage. The suspect left with a video game and laundry detergent he had not paid for and eventually threw the items at the manager once he was followed outside.

Suspect arrested, charged in Metro State assault

The shoplifter came back with another man and started to "punch and kick" the manager for about 45 seconds, according to the complaint, before they fled on foot with the victim's phone.

Surveillance video confirmed the manager's account. Multiple witnesses also confirmed the incident to police. The victim suffered bruising, swelling and scratches on his face and head, as well as blood on his knuckles and shirt.

About two blocks from the incident, officers tracked down both men but were only successful in stopping one of them. That man was identified as Parker Steven Lafromboise, 18. Police also recovered the stolen phone, which was broken after the incident occurred. Lafromboise declined to make a statement to authorities.

Then, later that the same day, officers responded to Metropolitan State University on a report of another assault. Officers spoke to the victim, Shamimul Alam, who was bleeding from his face. Alam said he had been sitting at the top of the stairs in a Metro State building when a white man approached him from behind. The complaint states the man asked Alam why he was in the country and then punched Alam on the left side of his face, knocking his glasses and earbud to the ground. He suffered a fractured orbital and maxillary sinus bones.

Alam's description to police of the suspect matched the Walgreens manager's description of the suspect who got away. Parker was identified as the man and officers discovered both Parker and Lafromboise were father and son.

