Parker Gets Prison Time for Disrupting News Broadcast

A Quincy man originally sentenced to probation for interrupting a live TV news report got prison time Thursday.

61 year old Roger Parker was sentenced to four years in prison by Judge Scott Walden. Parker’s probation was revoked in January after he failed two drug tests.

Parker was found guilty in September of battery, intimidation and resisting a peace officer. He’s alleged to have disrupted a live broadcast on WGEM at 7th and Lind in February of 2014.