US EditionDOJ Files Federal Charge Carrying Possible Death Penalty in Charlotte Train Killing
Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., with 14 prior arrests and diagnosed schizophrenia, faces federal charges after fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train.
- The Department of Justice filed a federal charge against Decarlos Brown Jr. for the murder of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train, stating they will pursue the maximum penalty for the crime.
- Zarutska was stabbed three times while on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a random attack while returning from work.
- After Zarutska's murder, both the Mecklenburg County District Attorney and Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles advocated for tougher crime policies, with Lyles criticizing the response to crime.
- The case has sparked widespread outrage, drawing attention to Charlotte's leadership and crime policies amid rising crime rates.
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North Carolina train killing: Victim's family speaks out, asks public to stop sharing video
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) – The family of Iryna Zarutska, the woman who was murdered on a North Carolina commuter train last month, is calling for justice and public safety reform, and for the public to stop sharing surveillance video of the killing. Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was stabbed to death while riding the light rail, just minutes from her home. The suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., was charged with first-degree murder, and on T…
DOJ charges Charlotte train stabbing suspect with federal crime: 'We will seek the maximum penalty'
Brown has a long history of violent crime, with 14 arrests along with convictions dating back more than a decade. By Matthew Xiao, The Washington Free Beacon The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed a federal charge against Decarlos Brown Jr. in the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte, N.C., light rail train, with Attorney General Pam Bondi vowing to “seek the maximum penalty” and declaring that Brown “will never …
Murder of Ukrainian refugee stabbed in the neck prompts criticism of 'soft-on-crime policies'
The murder of a Ukrainian refugee on a public train in North Carolina has led to political furore over “failed soft-on-crime policies” in the U.S. A video of the vicious and unprovoked stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska at the hands of ex-convict Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, was released by the transit authority Friday and has been shared widely on social media. According to an FBI affidavit using the surveillance footage from the Charlot…
In 2022, Iryna Zarutska fled the Ukraine War with her mother, sister and brother and found a safe haven in the United States, where she developed artistically in the following years and pursued her dream of becoming a veterinary medical assistant. However, she was abruptly torn out of her life during a tram ride in Charlotte City in North Carolina. Videos from a security camera of the train, which has been spreading like wildfire on social media…
US President Donald Trump asked for the capital punishment for the murder of a Ukrainian youth killed in a traffic accident in Charlotte, whose death provoked indignation in the United States, especially among conservative personalities.
A 23-year-old foreign woman died on a light train in Charlotte, North Carolina, after being attacked by a man who had a criminal record.The case shocked the city in the middle of the local elections.The case of Iryna Zarutska in North CarolinaShe was born in Ukraine in 2002 and, in August two decades later, fled with her mother and sister from the insecurity and fear they faced from the Russian attacks.Today, the young woman's face travels throu…
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