Man says justice system failed after Di-Quan Hunt received time served after 2025 assault

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A man who says Di-Quan Hunt threatened him with a knife and an axe at a Charlotte light rail station last year is blaming the justice system for a more recent attack in Dilworth, saying Hunt should have faced more severe punishment in his case.

Dilworth assault leads to arrest

Around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said they arrested 32-year-old Di-Quan Schafar Hunt. Hunt was allegedly seen in several videos on social media appearing to assault or harass several people.

Police said on Thursday they were called to an area off East 4th Street in Uptown Charlotte. When officers arrived they were shown a social media account containing multiple videos that police were investigating already.

One of the videos showed an alleged assault that was reported on July, 30. The video appeared to show Hunt punch a woman on a sidewalk off East Boulevard in Charlotte’s South End before running away.

December 2025 incident at Spectrum Center light rail stop

In December 2025, court records show Hunt approached a man at the light rail station near the Spectrum Center as he was headed home from work. The man agreed to speak exclusively to WBTV about the incident but asked not to be identified because of how the assault affected his job and life.

“He lifted his shirt up and I saw weapons. He had a gun, which police said they never found, he had a knife and a hatchet,” the man said. “And he lifts the shirt up to show me what he’s got and he said, ‘Are you ready to die today?’”

“I saw my life flash in front of my eyes,” he said. “I didn’t know what to think. I was frozen, it felt like an eternity.”

Court records show Hunt was charged with four misdemeanors, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to a spokesperson for the Charlotte Area Transit System, Hunt had previously been banned from their property.

Plea deal and sentencing

Hunt’s case moved relatively quickly. On March 18, he took a plea deal for assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon and was sentenced to time served.

Hunt had been in the Mecklenburg County jail for 89 days since his arrest three months earlier on December 18, 2025. He was released the day of his sentencing.

North Carolina sentencing guidelines indicate Hunt could have received a maximum sentence of 360 days for all four misdemeanors based on his prior conviction level.

Victim’s reaction

“I had to go to court in March for my incident and they gave him basically a slap on the wrist,” the man said.

He said he spoke with the District Attorney’s office before sentencing.

“They pulled me into a room and basically said that they felt he had been punished enough and were giving him time served,” he said. “I was shocked, but what am I going to say to the D.A.? I tried to put my two cents in and they didn’t want to hear that.”

When asked what he would say to the DA and judge now, the man said: “This is on their hands. I think they owe everyone an apology. They need to lock these people up. It’s time to stop giving people a pass.”

A spokesperson for District Attorney Spencer Merriweather’s office said they had no comment on the past case, citing the now-active case.

A spokesperson for the trial court administrator’s office said judges are not permitted to comment on the case citing the code of judicial conduct.