CHARLOTTE — The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is sharing why DeCarlos Brown’s mugshot for his homicide arrest is no longer on its website.
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Brown is accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on Aug. 22, 2025 on Charlotte’s light rail in South End.
A spokesperson said Brown is now in federal custody and when inmates leave their facility but are expected to return, they are placed in a certain status in their system.
When inmates are listed as this status in their system, their arrest record does not publicly display.
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