Boston – The apparent leader of a cult group known as Los Zizianos has been arrested in Maryland along with another group member, Maryland State Police said Monday.
Jack Lasota, 34, was arrested Sunday along with Michelle Zajko, 33, on average, Pennsylvania. They face multiple positions that include search, obstruction and hinder and possession of a gun in the vehicle.
A bond hearing for the two is scheduled for 11 in the morning on Tuesday in the Allegany district court.
The Zizians have been linked to the murder of the border patrol agent of the United States. David Maland Near the Canadian border in January and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California.
Maland, 44, was killed in A shooting on January 20 after a traffic stop at Coventry, VermontA small city about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Canadian border.
Officials have offered few details of the research through the countrywhich opened after the death of January 20, Maland. Associated Press’s interviews and a review of judicial records and online publications tell the story of how a group of young and highly intelligent computer scientists, most of them in their 20 and 30 years, met online, shared anarchist beliefs And they became increasingly violent.
Their objectives are not clear, but the writings online cover issues from radical veganism and gender identity to artificial intelligence.
In the middle of everything is “Ziz”, who seems to be the leader of the strange members of the group who called themselves “Zizians.” They have seen it near multiple scenes of the crime and has connections with several suspects.
Lasota published a dark blog and sometimes violent under the name of Ziz and, in a section, described his theory that the two brain hemispheres could contain separate values and genres and “often want to kill each other.”
Lasota, which she used/her pronouns, and in her writings she says she is a transgender woman, criticized the perceived enemies, including the so -called rationalist groups, who operate mainly online and seek to understand human cognition through reason and knowledge. Some are concerned about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.
Losota, 34, has not responded to multiple emails by Associated Press in recent weeks, and Lawyer Daniel McGarrigle He declined to comment when asked if he is connected with any of the deaths. Before his arrest for the weekend, he lost appearances in the court in two states, and bank orders were issued for arrest.
Upon arriving on Monday, McGarrigle only confirmed that he has represented Losota and did not confirm his arrest or any detail of the last case.
