CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) -- The light rail stabbing is gaining national attention, leading many people to ask questions about Decarlos Brown's criminal history.

Brown, now charged in the deadly stabbing on the Blue Line train on August 22, was free that night on a written promise to appear in a nonviolent misdemeanor case involving misuse of 911.

Officers arrested Brown in January after he told them someone gave him a man-made material that controlled when he ate, walked, and talked. Court documents show he got upset with officers when they said they couldn't help him. In July, a judge in that case ordered a psych evaluation, which had not happened by August 22.

MORE | Questions about mental health access arise in aftermath of light rail stabbing

Brown's criminal record shows three misde

See Full Page