{"id":2515761,"date":"2025-11-29T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iryna-zarutskas-boyfriend-rips-judge-who-let-chicago-burning-suspect-go-after-he-had-being-arrested-72-times\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T17:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:45:22","slug":"iryna-zarutskas-boyfriend-rips-judge-who-let-chicago-burning-suspect-go-after-he-had-being-arrested-72-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iryna-zarutskas-boyfriend-rips-judge-who-let-chicago-burning-suspect-go-after-he-had-being-arrested-72-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Iryna Zarutska\u2019s Boyfriend Rips Judge Who Let Chicago Burning Suspect Go After He Had Being Arrested 72 Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firyna-zarutskas-boyfriend-rips-judge-who-let-chicago-burning-suspect-go-after-he-had-being-arrested-72-times%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515761&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary in English:<\/p>\n<p>the boyfriend of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed to death on public transit in Charlotte, North Carolina, has spoken out following another violent attack on public transportation. Iryna&#8217;s alleged attacker, Decarlos Brown Jr., was a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >severely mentally ill repeat offender<\/a> with 14 prior arrests and was charged with first-degree murder. <\/p>\n<p>On November 17, Bethany MaGee, 26, was set on fire by Lawrence Reed, a man with over 70 prior arrests including arson and aggravated battery, while riding a train in Chicago. Reed was on pretrial release at the time,despite warnings from prosecutors about his dangerousness. He is now charged with terrorism related to the mass transit attack and remains in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Iryna&#8217;s boyfriend criticized the justice system for allowing violent repeat offenders like Reed to roam free, arguing their extensive criminal histories show they are a clear threat. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-detained-as-person-of-interest-in-rape-of-13-year-old-girl-at-park\/\" title=\"Undocumented Immigrant Held as Suspect in Assault of Teen at Park\">article highlights concerns<\/a> about lenient judicial decisions that prioritize viewing offenders as victims of the system rather than holding them accountable, which can result in harm to innocent people.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The boyfriend of the late Ukrainian refugee stabbed to death in Charlotte, North Carolina, is speaking out after another young woman was lit on fire by a deranged man now charged with terrorism for a crime committed in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Iryna Zarutska, 23, was stabbed to death on Aug. 22 while riding public transit. Her alleged attacker, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr., had a history of criminal offenses and was severely mentally ill.<\/p>\n<p>He had 14 prior arrests, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/27\/us-news\/boyfriend-of-iryna-zarutska-slaughtered-on-charlotte-train-slams-serial-thug-charged-with-burning-woman-on-cta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>. In January, police did a wellness check, with body camera footage showing Brown telling police that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-need-to-bring-back-mass-incarceration\/\" title=\"We Need To Bring Back Mass Incarceration\">man-made material&#038;rdquo<\/a>; was controlling his body.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with first-degree murder. The crime created an uproar as the obvious question was how this man was walking free among the general public with a long criminal record.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to Nov. 17, when 26-year-old Bethany MaGee was set on fire while riding a train in Chicago. The alleged attacker is 50-year-old Lawrence Reed. <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbchicago.com\/2025\/11\/in-new-gofundme-campaign-family-identifies-cta-fire-attack-victim-for-the-first-time.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CWB Chicago<\/a> reports she remains in critical condition as her family has set up a GoFundMe.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/entertainment\/hollywood\/who-is-lawrence-reed-man-with-72-prior-arrests-set-woman-ablaze-on-chicago-train-now-hit-with-terrorism-charge\/ar-AA1R0Mbm?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Mint<\/a> reported Reed was on pretrial release at the time of the crime for an aggravated battery charge. He has over 70 prior arrests.<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Post, Zarutska&rsquo;s boyfriend, Stanislav Nikulytsia, highlighted that reality in an Instagram post about MaGee, slamming the judge who let Reed walk free after an extensive criminal history.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;72 prior arrests sounds like a joke. I guess 72 times was not enough to understand who he is,&rdquo; he wrote on his Instagram story. &ldquo;Why they always wait for them to do something like that to start doing something to prevent it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You don&rsquo;t need to have legal expertise to agree with Nikulytsia&rsquo;s assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Someone with a criminal record so long a book could be written about it doesn&rsquo;t deserve to live in the civilized world.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/judge-orders-suspect-remain-detained-after-woman-set\/story?id=127754639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, Reed has 15 convictions to his name, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-after-vandalizing-charlie-kirk-memorial-in-arizona\/\" title=\"Man arrested after vandalizing Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona\">including criminal damage<\/a> to government property, a drug charge, and an incident of arson. On the latter, Reed lit a government building on fire in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>For his latest crime, he remains in custody, with the charge being committing a terrorist attack against a mass transportation system.<\/p>\n<p>This is not someone who commits petty crimes. This is a violent criminal who has engaged in the same methods he allegedly used on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p>Cook County Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez let Reed go with electronic monitoring in August for the battery charge despite warnings from the prosecution. Prosecutor Jerrilyn Gumila, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/21\/us-news\/judge-was-warned-not-to-free-career-criminal-before-he-set-train-lady-on-fire-real-and-present-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another report<\/a> by the New York Post, commented, &ldquo;It could not protect the victim or the community from another vicious, random, and spontaneous attacks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This was an incredibly accurate assessment of what unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing activist judges like Molina-Gonzalez only see Reed as a victim of the system, not a moral agent to be held accountable for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>This dangerous outlook only gets innocent people hurt or killed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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