Members of the cult-like group that was sentenced Tuesday by a Maryland judge, linked to the Border Patrol murder, will even be held in trial for another criminal case.
Judge Erich Bean ordered it on Tuesday. Jack Lasota, Michel Zaiko and Daniel Blank They remain in custody after police arrested them on Sunday on charges of trespassing, illegal possession of a gun and resisting officers, according to court records. Lasota, known as “Ziz,” leads a group called “Zizians,” where authorities link to the network of violence across the country.
Lasota is a man who identifies as a transgender woman I wrote a violent and unstable blog They yell at the potential dangers of “gender identity” and artificial intelligence, among other things, about the potential dangers to humans. In various posts, he described himself as “gender does not match chromosomes or anything else.” Discussed The “Punching Nazis” was justified and they had pathological stories about suicide and rape. He also called himself vegan explained People who eat meat as “carnists.”
The Department of Justice (DOJ) accused a woman tied up by the movement on January 20th of a Border Patrol agent who facilitated a nationwide law enforcement investigation. (Related: Transgender Teen’s Shooting Plot is the latest shoot linked to popular chat platforms)
The court was scheduled to trial for the three defendants in late March. The Alleghany County State attorneys listed the three defendants’ lawyers and did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Claims obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation describe the encounters with “several units” of local and state police found on Sunday with weapons.
Police say the homeowner called to report the defendant sitting on his property in “two white box trucks with chains on tires” and “an all-black dress.” According to a police report, the resident said, “subjects asked if they could camp at the location for a month.”
Officials found one of the trucks “with the gun belt on top and ammunition on the belt,” as well as another truck, a rifle and handgun, records say.
According to the report, the trio refused to provide their names when asked, and Zaiko, known as “woman,” began “crying and saying he wouldn’t kill her” shortly before they were arrested. Ta.
Officials were planning to question all three “about other crimes that have occurred across the country,” the documents show.
Cult leader Jack “Ziz” Lasota is charged with trespassing on a white box truck property on February 16, 2025, where he and others allegedly kept their weapons (Screenshot/Aregany County Safety) Official Office)
According to media reports, Lasota was Arrest While protesting think tank center to apply rationality in Berkeley, California in 2019 before he was wrong He was reported to have died In a 2022 boat accident off the coast of San Francisco Bay, authorities arrested him again in Pennsylvania in 2023 after police allegedly tried to stop investigating Zaico in connection with the murder of his parents. The Pennsylvania lawsuit against Lasota is still pending, but Zaico was not charged.
Gigian’s further arrest came later Death of the border During a shooting in Vermont, agents pulled a driver called Teresa Young Brute, questioning the immigration status of male passengers. Young Brute, who was charged with launching a shootout, had I received it Prosecutors said they were on alert by hotel staff wearing two guns from Zaiko and tactical gear while armed.
Maximilian Snyder was charged with murdering a California landlord in January. Reported by the Associated Press. Snyder and Youngblut had plans to marry before they arrested.
His blog, Lasota explained I want to be a computer programmer. He said he previously worked remotely for NASA and once applied for a job at Google.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI did not respond to requests for comment regarding the scope of Gigien’s activities nationwide.
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