A Maryland federal judge on Thursday ordered a psychiatric evaluation to determine competency to stand trial for Ziz LaSota, the alleged leader of a cultlike group linked to several killings. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar granted the request from…[Continue Reading...]
Police in Maryland connected Jack “Ziz” LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank to homicide investigations in California, Pennsylvania and Vermont after a landowner found them living in box trucks at the end of a snow-covered dirt road last February, according…[Continue Reading...]
Cumberland, Md. (AP) — Three members of the Zizians, a cultlike group linked to six deaths across the U.S., were granted permission Friday to work together in preparation for their upcoming trial on trespassing, weapons and drug charges. Authorities have…[Continue Reading...]
Three members of a violent cultlike group, including its alleged ringleader, will be tried together on charges of trespassing, gun and drug possession after police discovered them camping in box trucks in rural western Maryland. The group known as Zizians,…[Continue Reading...]
According to the AP, authorities say, the leader of a cultlike group and two of its members are facing new gun charges in Maryland. Jack LaSota, known as Ziz, is described as the leader of an extremist group called the…[Continue Reading...]
Michelle Zajko, the daughter of a slain Pennsylvania couple, as well as Jack Lasota, an apparent cult leader tied to multiple murders, were both arrested in Maryland A Pennsylvania woman who was a person of interest in her parents’ murders…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a neo-Nazi group faces up to 20 years in prison after a federal jury in Maryland found him guilty this week of a conspiracy to damage an energy facility. Brandon Russell, 29, from Orlando, Florida, plotted to…[Continue Reading...]
BALTIMORE (AP) — As the founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group goes on trial for conspiring to attack Maryland’s power grid, his abhorrent beliefs aren’t really the point, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. They said it is his willingness to act…[Continue Reading...]
Brandon Russell, a member of a neo-Nazi group who investigators say attempted to attack Maryland’s power grid, is set to appear in federal court today. Investigators foiled the plot in the summer of 2023, alleging that Russell planned to destroy…[Continue Reading...]
BALTIMORE -- Sarah Beth Clendaniel, who pleaded guilty to trying to attack and destroy the power grid in the Baltimore region, was sentenced to 18 years in prison with lifetime supervision post-release. Prosecutors said Clendaniel, 36, from Catonsville, planned to…[Continue Reading...]
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