
Train stabbing suspect’s family has history of crimes, records show
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Decarlos Brown Jr. faces federal charge for allegedly stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train in August 2025.
Tracey Vontrae Brown was arrested on Jan. 23, 2024, for misdemeanor shoplifting and concealment of goods, court and jail records show. (Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office) Tracey Vontrea Brown, 33, was booked into the Mecklenburg County jail on May 15, 2024, on charges of misdemeanor larceny and felony conspiracy, according to sheriff's office records. (Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office) Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a U.S. Writer at Fox News Digital.
His sister, 33-year-old Tracey Vontrea Brown, has a criminal record that includes misdemeanor shoplifting, larceny, felony conspiracy, vehicle theft and resisting public officers, with her most recent arrests coming in 2024 for misdemeanor larceny, felony conspiracy and shoplifting, according to Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office records viewed by Fox News Digital. You can follow her on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Fox News Digital reached out to Vontrae Brown.




