DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Charlotte stabbing suspect was freed twice this year before brutal bus attack. “A Charlotte man accused of nearly killing another passenger on a city bus last week had already been in and out of jail twice this year. Court records show that 57-year-old James Calvin Bennett was free on bond in October, just a few weeks before police say he stabbed a man in the chest during a CATS bus ride.”

Previously in Charlotte: Who Is Decarlos Brown Jr. and Why Was He Free After 14 Arrests.