By Ashley Brasfield
Stephen Federico, the father of 22-year-old Logan Federico, told the Daily Caller no Democratic lawmakers have contacted him since her murder.
Logan was shot and killed during a May 3 suspected home invasion while visiting friends in Columbia, South Carolina. The killer, Alexander Dickey, had previously been arrested 39 times, and had previously racked up 25 felony charges, yet had spent less than two years in prison before Logan’s death, even after pleading guilty to serious crimes.
Democrat South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn represents the district where Logan Federico was killed.
When the Caller asked Federico if any Democratic lawmaker, including Clyburn, had reached out since his daughter’s death, he said no.
Referring to Democrat North Carolina Rep. Deborah Ross, he added, “One called my daughter the wrong name yesterday.” (RELATED: Democrat Rep Forced To Apologize After Mixing Up Murder Victims In Front Of Grieving Father)
Federico told the Caller he believes that some lawmakers will stand out and continue championing victims’ rights over the long term while others are likely to fade away. Making clear that the issue has become political, he stated, “It was never my intention, you could speak to anyone, I never wanted it to be about race or about politics, but it has become about politics.”
Federico said he thinks career criminals like the man charged in Federico’s murder, 30-year-old Alexander Dickey, have hindered chances for others to be rehabilitated.
This is Logan Federico.
She was murdered in her sleep by a career criminal.
We won’t forget you. https://t.co/0sshyRKElw pic.twitter.com/ttV9yTiuXv
— Rep. Mark Harris (@RepMarkHarrisNC) September 29, 2025
“There used to be a 3 strike rule, when did it become a 40 strike rule for Alexander Dickey? There are no second chances that people like Alexander Dickey, he blew that for the people that can be fixed … There can’t be second chances for people that commit violent crimes,” he told the Caller.
Authorities charged Dickey with two counts of first-degree burglary in 2014, then served warrants for a third first-degree burglary charge in October, according to WIS10. The man pleaded guilty on a second-degree non-violent burglary charge and was sentenced to 10 years suspended amid probation.
Dickey faced the other two burglary counts the following year, though one was dropped. He pleaded guilty to burglary to the third-degree. Dickey pleaded guilty for the third time to third-degree burglary in 2023 after originally facing a count of violent second-degree burglary. Eleventh Circuit Court Solicitor Rick Hubbard claimed his office did not know of Dickey’s previous burglary charges and guilty pleas amid the 2023 case.
Logan’s father questioned whether lawmakers are doing enough to address the problem of repeat offenders while speaking to the Caller, pointing to legislative and judicial policies he argued empower criminals to endanger the public. (RELATED: Vast Majority Of House Democrats Oppose Legislative Push To Combat Pressing DC Crime Problem)
“The problem is this, it shouldn’t come to Logan’s death for this to happen. There’s been horrible weak sentencing, cashless bails for a long time now, and it has done nothing but destroy our country.”
Of 67,966 state prisoners released in 2005, authorities apprehended 68% within 3 years, 79% within 6 years and 83% within 9 years, according to a Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics report. Federico cited these statistics to the Caller.
He noted that prison is meant to rehabilitate people but argued that Dickey never spent enough time behind bars to know if rehabilitation could have worked — noting he only served about 600 days over a decade. “I would say the odds are against career criminals ever being rehabilitated.”
@RepMarkHarrisNC speaking at the House Judiciary Committee field hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina on examining crime in Democrat-run cities.
Harris touching on the man charged in Iryna Zarutska murder, Decarlos Brown Jr.’s long criminal history and most recent encounter… https://t.co/3WyS1xUsm4
— Ashley Brasfield (@BrasfieldAshley) September 29, 2025
Federico explained that while he would never wish anyone’s alleged execution to be filmed, the video of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska’s final moments brought people like his daughter to public attention. “I think when you see something like what happened on Charlotte Rail, like Iryna, and it was on video, I think the video speaks volumes,” he told the Caller. (RELATED: Josh Hawley Eviscerates Ex-Biden Aide On Use Of Bizarre ‘Two Spirit’ Term In Crime ‘Playbook’)
Federico said his daughter was a “one of a kind” person he would like the public to know. “She was unique, she loved fiercely, forgave often and was loyal. She dedicated her life to fighting for the underdog, the kid that didn’t fit in, that wasn’t part of the in-group. She made sure that they got invited into a group to make sure they were part of the group, and never left alone.”
Decarlos brown allegedly stabbed Zarutska on Aug. 22 aboard a light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing her.
The Caller reached out to Clyburn for comment but has yet to receive a response.
Incarceration makes communities safer by keeping violent criminals and thieves locked up where they can’t harm law-abiding people. When Italy released inmates early, that increased its crime rate a lot, according to a 2014 study.
Inmates tend to commit more crimes after being released. Nationally, 81.9% of all state prisoners released in 2008 were subsequently arrested within a decade, including 74.5% of those 40 or older at the time of their release. (See Bureau of Justice Statistics, Recidivism of Prisoners in 24 States Released in 2008: A 10-Year Follow-Up Period (2008-2018), pg. 4, Table 4). Most inmates commit more crimes after being released, even when they have already served over ten years in prison.
Most prison inmates are incarcerated for violent crimes. 63% of state prison inmates in America are doing time for violent crimes — others are there for serious theft or property crimes — and the typical state prison inmate is a repeat offender with 5 convictions, not there due to indiscriminate “mass incarceration.” Only a tiny percentage of inmates in state prisons are there for drug possession.
Left-wingers falsely claim America has the world’s highest incarceration rate. It doesn’t. El Salvador’s incarceration rate rose to triple America’s incarceration rate, and its murder rate fell by over 90% after it increased its incarceration rate, saving thousands of lives.
