Like Iryna, Dominique deserved better. Hopefully this bill bearing her name can create systems and procedures that can prevent future situations where a child suffers abuse of this magnitude.
A court hearing originally scheduled this week in the murder case involving Iryna Zarutska’s death on Charlotte’s light rail line has been rescheduled for Oct. 27.
Decarlos Brown Jr., the man who allegedly fatally stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in the neck on Aug. 22 on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line, has been found “incapable to proceed” on the state murder charge against him.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued decisions Wednesday reviving a COVID-related death benefits claim from the family of a former Winston-Salem police officer, rejecting a western North Carolina certificate-of-need complaint, granting part of Matthews’ request in a public records dispute with a Charlotte television station, and rejecting a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesperson’s slander suit.
Despite the controversy surrounding him, including calls for his resignation, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden has won the Democratic primary and re-election, as there were no Republican candidates running in the primary.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed the media's crucial role in ensuring public access to court documents and records.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a Charlotte television station’s request to unseal law enforcement video footage linked to a 2019 shooting involving two police officers. A federal trial judge had rejected WBTV’s request.
The US House Judiciary Committee will be holding a field hearing in Charlotte on Sept. 29, following the murder of Iryna Zarutska, 23, on Charlotte’s light rail shortly before 10 pm on Aug. 22.
This comes as a new YouGov Poll found that more than three-quarters of Republicans believe it is always unacceptable to celebrate violence against a public figure whom they oppose, while just 38% of Democrats agree.
National outrage grows after 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was brutally stabbed to death on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line on Aug. 22.
Earlier this week, Gov. Josh Stein signed an executive order to create a Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force, continue the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP), and reestablish the Community Violence Advisory Board within the OVP.
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