The violent deaths, including of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont, a landlord in California, and a couple in Pennsylvania, have led law enforcement to a group with obscure ideas.

They face multiple charges including trespassing, obstructing and hindering and possession of a handgun in the vehicle.

Three alleged members of a cult-like group of radical vegans linked to at least six deaths across the U.S. have been arrested in Maryland.Court records showed that Ziz, a 34-year-old computer scientist known in court records by her legal name as Jack LaSota,

The Zizians have been tied to the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border in January and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California. Maland, 44, was killed in a Jan. 20 shootout following a traffic stop in Coventry, Vermont, a small town about 20 miles from the Canadian border.

The FBI is investigating a string of killings across the nation possibly linked to a group that one expert says has hallmarks of a strange cult.

Michelle Zajko, 32, is facing four misdemeanor charges. She was booked around the same time as Jack "Ziz" LaSota, 33, the inspiration for a fringe group.

Members of the "Zizian" cult, along with its apparent leader, were arrested Sunday in Maryland after refusing to leave a private property. One member was carrying a loaded gun.

The leader of a cultlike group that has been linked to multiple killings, including the fatal shooting of a border patrol officer in Vermont last month, was arrested in Maryland on charges of trespassing and other crimes,

Vermont, were arrested Sunday evening in Allegany County, Maryland, according to county records. Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, Daniel Arthur Blank, and Jack Amadeus LaSota — also known as “Ziz ...

Following Zajko's arrest in Maryland, federal prosecutors in Vermont charged her on Tuesday with lying on February 2024 applications to purchase four handguns in Mount Tabor. Two of the weapons ...