NC Republicans demand the judge’s dismissal after the murder of Ukrainian refugees

First on Fox: Republican members of the delegation of the Congress of North Carolina call for the revocation of a state judge who released a man now accused of having stabbed a Ukrainian refugee to death on a charlotte train.

The 10 members of the GOP of the house of Tar Heel signed a letter urging an official procedure to withdraw the judge Magistrate Teresa Stokes. They quoted his decision earlier this year to release Decarlos Brown “based solely on his” written promise “to appear for a future audience date”.

Brown is now charged during the stabbing on August 22 of Iryna Zarutska, 23, who fled Ukraine in 2022 after the invasion of Russia.

The Republicans argued that Stokes ignored the long record of Brown when she released him without surety.

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Surveillance images showing the moment when a young Ukrainian woman was stabbed to death during a random attack against the Lynx Blue Line on Friday August 22, 2025. (Newsnation via the transit system in the Charlotte region)

They argued that the liberation “was made despite the vast criminal history of Brown, which included at least 14 previous arrests for serious offenses such as the possession of a firearm by a criminal, a flight with a dangerous weapon and a physical assault of his sister”.

Brown, who would have been diagnosed with a schizophrenia, had been accused of an offense in January after calling 911 and demanding that the officers responding to “artificial” materials inside his body controlling it, According to Katv.

He again called 911 after being irritated by the police refusal, and was then arrested and accused of an offense, according to the point of sale.

But the case of the homeless is now the last example that has been retained by the Republicans of major cities with a too lax judicial system in the treatment of crime, including on public transport.

Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, was killed while taking a train to Charlotte, in North Carolina, on August 22, 2025. (Lucaveros225 / Instagram; WBTV)

This comes in the midst of broader partisan divisions on the merits of President Donald Trump deployment of the National Guard in major cities in order to deal with violent crimes.

“The murder of Ms. Zarutska was not only a deep personal tragedy, but also a direct result of the failure of judicial responsibility. By releasing a violent violent offender on anything more than his written promise to appear, the magistrate Stokes showed a voluntary failure to execute his office and was engaged in the conduct harmful to the administration of justice” Lawmakers, directed by the Repr. Tim Moore.

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“His decision has undermined public confidence in the justice system and exposed the community to completely avoidable damage.”

Zarutska fled Ukraine in August 2022 after Russia launched his invasion of the sovereign country. The attack seems to have been uninsured because Zarutska was seated in front of Brown on a train when he came home from work, according to local reports.

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“(W) E invites you to start the official dismissal procedure against the Magistrate Teresa Stokes. We also ask that the Tribunal carried out an in -depth examination of its previous surety determinations to assess the full extent of the misconduct,” said the letter.

“Northern Carolinians deserve to know that those who are entrusted to the judicial authority exercise it with diligence, responsibility and respect for the security of the community.”

Fox News Digital contacted the Judicial Branch of Caroline du Nord to comment but did not hear at the time of the press.