Grieving dad slams lawmakers for crime policies that freed daughter’s suspected career criminal killer
A North Carolina father called for stricter penalties for criminals during a congressional hearing on Monday, saying that, similar to the case of the Charlotte light rail attack, his daughter was killed at the hands of a repeat offender.
Stephen Federico said his daughter Logan’s alleged murderer had more than two dozen felonies on his record in South Carolina before he broke into a house in Columbia, where the 22-year-old woman was visiting with friends, and robbed her and shot her in the chest.
“I will fight until my last breath for my daughter,” Federico told lawmakers during his opening remarks. “You need to fight for the rest of our children, the rest of the innocents, and stop protecting the people that keep taking them from us, please.”
Federico joined Mia Alderman, whose granddaughter was murdered in 2020, to speak out during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Charlotte against a judicial system that they say failed their families.
The committee held the remote hearing in North Carolina’s most urban region to highlight what lawmakers say is a need for criminal justice reform. The event comes after a repeat offender was caught on surveillance video last month stabbing Iryna Zarutska, 23, to death after she sat in front of the man on the Charlotte light rail.
Logan Federico’s suspected killer, Alexander Dickey, had been arrested several times for first-degree burglary, which carries a minimum 15-year sentence, when he pleaded guilty in 2023 to a lower charge as a first-time offender…
Blue city felon with violent history arrested in deadly train platform stabbing after parole release: report
Authorities have arrested a paroled felon with a violent past in connection with a deadly stabbing on a Caltrain platform, according to police and a local news report.
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as Jose Gomez Bustamante, 31, who was booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility on Aug. 28 on suspicion of murder. He was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. after investigators tracked him overnight.
The victim, a man from San Mateo, was taken to a nearby hospital with critical injuries and later died.
The victim has been identified by the coroner’s office as Joseph Michael Carreiro. Authorities said it was not immediately clear what led up to the stabbing.
This is not Bustamante’s first brush with violence. In 2020, he attempted to stab a taqueria employee in Redwood City in what authorities described as an unprovoked attack. He later pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to six years in prison in June 2023.
However, according to RWC Pulse, Bustamante was released on parole this April, less than two years into his sentence after receiving credits for good behavior and treatment program participation. Records reviewed by the outlet also show a history of parole violations and prior offenses.
Super Bowl Boycott Backlash Grows After NFL Taps Anti-Trump Pop Star Bad Bunny for Halftime Show
Social media erupted this week when the Puerto Rican rapper, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was announced as the main attraction for Super Bowl LX coming up next February.
Photos began circulating showing the singer dressed in a pink mini skirt and high heels and another in a voluminous white dress as football fans blasted the NFL for once again not understanding their own audience.
Now a boycott is warming on social media as fans express outrage over the NFL’s tone deaf entertainment pick.
Further enflaming Americans, the rapper recently said he would no longer perform concerts in the U.S. because he opposes Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
Bad Bunny has been a virulent critic of President Trump and backed Kamala Harris just months before she lost last year’s presidential election.
Trump Reveals Plan to End Gaza War; Netanyahu Agrees but Hamas Drags Its Feet
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the world on Monday after their fourth White House meeting this year.
Trump presented a plan he said could bring “eternal peace” to the Middle East, including freeing the hostages and ending the war in Gaza. At a joint press conference following their meeting, Trump presented his comprehensive plan for peace.
‘Get on board or get the hell out’: Pete Hegseth praised for military directives
Fox News’ Alexandria Hoff provides details on the Trump administration’s ‘peace through strength’ messaging to top military brass after Sec. Pete Hegseth delivered new directives. ‘The Big Weekend Show’ co-host Joey Jones weighs in.
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