Defense requests federal competency hearing for DeCarlos Brown Jr. He is accused of killing a Ukrainian woman on a Charlotte train in 2025.

CHARLOTTE — DeCarlos Brown, the man accused of stabbing Iryna Zarutska to death on a Charlotte light rail train, was found incompetent to stand trial in federal court for charges related to the ...

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Roderick Earl Sowells, 59, faces 31 years to life after being found guilty in the stabbing attack of a West Sacramento man.

Both sides now agree on a competency determination for the man accused of killing Iryna Zarutska aboard a Charlotte Lynx Blue ...

A man was charged with manslaughter following a shooting that left one woman dead and a teen injured, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office. READ MORE ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A medical examination has revealed the man charged in the stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska is incompetent to stand trial at the federal level. Decarlos Brown, 35, was deemed too ...

The man accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee murdered while riding a North Carolina light rail train in 2025, has been found “incapable to proceed” with his pending state ...