NC - Iryna Zarutska, 23, slain on Commuter Rail Line, Charlotte - Some Content may be Graphic - Aug 22, 2025 *Arrest*

[Elley Mae]

Is he still out/released?

Madman charged with killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was free on cashless bail — despite years of violence, mental illness

“The dude was homeless. Where was he supposed to go from there? I feel like it’s a major failure,” he said. “He had nobody, his mom had given up on him because he was too vi…

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[Melsworld]

Is he still out/released?

Madman charged with killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was free on cashless bail — despite years of violence, mental illness

“The dude was homeless. Where was he supposed to go from there? I feel like it’s a major failure,” he said. “He had nobody, his mom had given up on him because he was too vi…

nypost.com

No, he is not getting out this time. He was out on a cashless bond from all the other bad things he has done when he killed her for no reason.

 

[arielilane]

"Iryna's Law" passes in North Carolina after refugee's killing, a bill that could restart executions in state​

September 24, 2025


In response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte's light rail system, the North Carolina legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a criminal justice package that limits bail and seeks to ensure more defendants undergo mental health evaluations.

"Iryna's Law" passes in North Carolina after refugee's killing, a bill that could restart executions in state

Democratic Gov. Josh Stein has said he supports some pretrial reforms following the fatal attack on 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[arielilane]

"We need a public service announcement to let people know that if you're riding, you have to pay," Peacock said. "Number two, we're going to have to use volunteers, similar to the way that we do with the CATS bus system. I think you need people that are ticket checkers. I don't think they need to be trained as law enforcement officials."

Peacock is particularly focused on fare enforcement after the man accused of stabbing Zarutska did not pay for a ticket.

New data: Six knife incidents near station where Iryna Zarutska was killed since 2022

The East/West station, where Zarutska was stabbed to death, has recorded 560 crime nearby incidents in three years.

www.wcnc.com

October 8, 2025

 

[Ontario Mom]

"We need a public service announcement to let people know that if you're riding, you have to pay," Peacock said. "Number two, we're going to have to use volunteers, similar to the way that we do with the CATS bus system. I think you need people that are ticket checkers. I don't think they need to be trained as law enforcement officials."

Peacock is particularly focused on fare enforcement after the man accused of stabbing Zarutska did not pay for a ticket.

New data: Six knife incidents near station where Iryna Zarutska was killed since 2022

The East/West station, where Zarutska was stabbed to death, has recorded 560 crime nearby incidents in three years.

www.wcnc.com

October 8, 2025

Somehow, I'm not convinced fare enforcement will stop homicidal violence.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Chilling videos captured the haunting moment Iryna Zarutska’s accused killer calmly stepped off a North Carolina train and strolled along the platform after allegedly stabbing the Ukrainian refugee to death. Disturbing surveillance footage, obtained by The Post, shows alleged slasher Decarlos Brown casually roaming the Charlotte platform as panicked straphangers scream for help and flee the Lynx Blue Line, minutes after the 23-year-old victim was repeatedly knifed on the packed commuter train on Aug. 22.

Chilling video shows Iryna Zarutska’s cold-blooded accused killer calmly walk off Charlotte train after fatal stabbing

Disturbing surveillance footage shows alleged slasher Decarlos Brown casually roaming the Charlotte platform as panicked straphangers scream for help.

nypost.com

 

[Ontario Mom]

"The man charged in the fatal stabbing of a young Ukrainian woman on the Charlotte light rail system was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that could get him the death penalty. A federal grand jury in North Carolina returned the indictment against Decarlos Brown Jr., charging him with violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death. This charge makes him eligible for the death penalty."

Suspect in Charlotte train stabbing indicted on federal charges, death penalty possible

The man charged in the fatal stabbing of a young Ukrainian woman on the Charlotte light rail system was indicted Wednesday on federal charges.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Sundog]

"We need a public service announcement to let people know that if you're riding, you have to pay," Peacock said. "Number two, we're going to have to use volunteers, similar to the way that we do with the CATS bus system. I think you need people that are ticket checkers. I don't think they need to be trained as law enforcement officials."

Peacock is particularly focused on fare enforcement after the man accused of stabbing Zarutska did not pay for a ticket.

New data: Six knife incidents near station where Iryna Zarutska was killed since 2022

The East/West station, where Zarutska was stabbed to death, has recorded 560 crime nearby incidents in three years.

www.wcnc.com

October 8, 2025

So are they now going to put volunteer ticket checkers at risk on the light rail system? They need to get tougher and remove violent criminals off the streets and then law enforcement can get tough and start arresting them. LE are tired of the revolving door due to activist judges when LE are trying to do their work of keeping their communities safe from people like this.

 

[Sundog]

Somehow, I'm not convinced fare enforcement will stop homicidal violence.

Yeah, I don't think a public service announcement to remind people that they need to pay is going to do much good with these violent and crazed individuals.

 

[Chimera]

Exclusive | Psycho Ukrainian refugee stabbing suspect was ‘too aggressive’ and ‘shouldn’t have been released,’ mom says

The mother of Decarlos Brown, the unhinged Charlotte vagrant accused of murdering Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska spoke to The Post and said her son was “too aggressive.”

nypost.com

"....Dewitt said she took her son to a homeless shelter days before the incident took place after he had grown increasingly aggressive with both her and her husband.
Disturbing audio from Brown's phone conversation with his sister, Tracey, who he previously assaulted during a biting incident in 2022, included him claiming that "the material in his body" was responsible for killing Zarutska, not him.

"...They just lashed out on her, that’s what happened. Whoever was working the materials, they lashed out on her. That’s all there is to itself, six days after the murder took place...."
“I hurt my hand, stabbing her. I don’t even know the lady. I never said not one word to the lady at all.
That’s scary, ain’t it. Why would somebody stab somebody for no reason?” Decarlos said...."

Rbm.
Am assuming there is paperwork or evidence of the health center not hasving room and that Decarlos' mother was told she had to get a court order ?
Question, if she 5150'd/ Baker Acted him as in an emergency situation, could he have then been placed there ?
A "5150" and the "Baker Act" are both laws in different states (California and Florida, respectively) that allow for involuntary psychiatric holds for up to 72 hours.
So, in the state of NC, that would not have applied to Decarlos ?

Decarlos is definitely mentally ill, at the same time he may be cognizant enough to try to use the old adage, "The Devil made me do it.", excuse.
Imo.

 

[Chimera]

Maniac who fatally stabbed Ukrainian could receive death penalty

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death on Wednesday

www.dailymail.co.uk

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That aligned with what Brown's sister claimed he told her in a jailhouse phone call.

She said he believed the government had planted foreign 'materials' into his brain and they had been in control of his actions when he pulled the knife on Zarutska.

'I strongly feel like he should not have been on the streets at all,' Tracey said. 'I'm going to be honest. I'm not blaming anyone for his actions, except for the state. I'm blaming the state for letting him down as far as seeking help.'
Rbm.
Well, yes ... and maybe no ?

His past biting incident and increased aggression towards family members was a massive red flag and now they're saying they tried to get him help but is there a record of that ?

Just saying the blame is first and foremost on the murderer.
Did he blame the aggression towards family and the biting on the 'foreign materials' in his body.

If the police were called during these incidents, could the family have pressed charges to get him incarcerated ?
Omo.

Also from the link :
The new law, entitled 'Iryna's Law,' also aimed to end cashless bail and expedite death penalty cases in the Tarheel State.

It was signed into law by Stein on October 3, though he took issue with a provision that would give prisoners the option of choosing death by firing squad, which he called 'barbaric.'
Rbm.
Iryna's death was barbaric.

Anyway, I'm imagining most likely if Decarlos' faced the DP it'd prob. be lethal injection.
Imo.