Democrat Rep Forced To Apologize After Mixing Up Murder Victims In Front Of Grieving Father
The democratic representative of Caroline North Deborah Ross apologized after having mistakenly confused two victims of murder before a mourning father.
Logan Federico, a 22 -year -old, was shot in a shot during an invasion of homes on May 3 while visiting friends in Columbia, South Carolina, a city under Democratic leadership, according to a WIS10 report. His photo was exhibited in front of his father, Steve Federico, during an audience on the ground of the judicial committee of the Chamber entitled “Victims of violent crimes” in Charlotte, in North Carolina, on Monday that Ross wrongly identified Federico like Iyna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee who died of 23 years.
The man accused of the murder of Federico, Alexander Dickey, 30, would have been in force that evening. He stole a vehicle before entering a house, taking a wallet, car keys and a firearm, investigators said. Dickey would then have entered the neighboring home where he fired on Federico. (Related: The Democratic Governor faced with a major decision on the Crime Bill appointed according to the victim of Charlotte Couple)
Steve Federico, Logan Federico’s father, witnessed the field audience when Ross wrongly pointed out a photo of his daughter, identifying her as a photo of Zarutska.
Ross expressed condolences to Zarutska’s family, declaring that his murder was “unimaginable and unacceptable” and noting his family’s request not to remember her according to her last moments, but rather “vibrant and exceptionally kind that she was”. Ross then underlined a photo of Logan Federico, declaring: “I am delighted that we have a photo of her in this state right in front of us.”
While Ross criticized the legislative efforts to prevent crime and improve mental health care before the hearing, Steve Federico suddenly interrupted, stressing: “Is it my daughter, okay?” It’s Logan Federico. “
Here is Logan Federico.
She was murdered in her sleep by a career criminal.
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– Rep. Mark Harris (@repmarkharrisc) September 29, 2025
“I’m really sorry,” said Ross several times after the father’s explosion.
“Thank you very much for bringing this … Thank you. Thank you sir. I’m really sorry for you,” she continued.
“How dare you don’t know her,” said Steve Federico.
Ross stopped, looked directly at Federico and replied. “So we should have done things to prevent Logan’s death and Iryna’s death, and I’m really sorry,” she said.
North Carolina’s Republican Republican representative Mark Harris said on a daily basis that the incident between Ross and Federico also stressed the “tragic truth” on the issue of violent crime.
“The tragic truth revealed today is that Wenae is only one of the countless victims of violent crimes.
A spokesperson for Congress told the appellant that Steve Federico was his constituent.
The presumed attack on Federico was not the first dickey meeting with the law, according to Wis10. He was arrested in August 2014 and charged with two heads of first -degree burglary – a crime which leads to a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum of life behind bars. (Related: “Charlotte, you have a problem”: the representatives excoriated in the case of train murder)
While he was still held in October, Dickey received mandates for an accusation of burglary in the third degree in the first degree. The following month, he pleaded guilty to a non -violent burglary in the second degree and received a sentence of 10 years suspended in the midst of probation.
@Repmarkharromen Speaking at the hearing on the ground of the Chamber’s Judicial Committee in Charlotte, North Carolina, examining crime in the cities led by Democrats.
Harris approaching the man charged in the murder of Iryna Zarutska, the long criminal history of DeCarlos Brown Jr. and the last meeting… https://t.co/3wys1xusm4
– Ashley Brasfield (@brasfieldashley) September 29, 2025
Dickey faced the two other burglary charges by March 2015, which led to abandonment. For the other, he pleaded guilty to a third degree burglary. (Related: “ I have this white daughter ”: Charlotte train train suspect offered a shocking entrance after a brutal murder)
In 2023, Dickey again pleaded guilty to a third degree burglary, this time for a second offense, after initially faced a violent accusation of second degree burglary. The lawyer for the eleventh circuit, Rick Hubbard, said that his office was not aware of the previous history of Dickey during the pursuit in 2023.
Decartlos Brown, 34, would have stabbed and killed Zarutska on August 22 on a tram in Charlotte.
The appellant contacted Ross to comment but has not yet received an answer.
