A year after border agent's killing, 7 Zizians fight criminal charges in 3 states
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Deputies escort Michelle Zajko, left, Daniel Blank, right, and Jack LaSota, in orange, from the Allegany County Courthouse after a pretrial hearing in Cumberland, Md., on Friday, January 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)The area on Piney Mountain outside Frostburg, Md.,, shown on Tuesday, Jan.13, 2026, where police arrested three members of a cultlike group linked to deaths in three states and charged them with trespassing, gun and drug possession. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)The Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Md., is shown on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, where a hearing on pretrial issues in the case of three members of a cultlike group linked to deaths in three states will be held regarding Maryland charges of trespassing, gun and drug possession. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)FILE - In this undated and unknown location photo released by the Department of Homeland Security shows Border Patrol Agent David Maland posing with a service dog. (Department of Homeland Security via AP, File)FILE - A Chester Heights, Pa., home, the scene of the 2022 killing of Richard and Rita Zajko, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Deputies escort Michelle Zajko, left, Daniel Blank, right, and Jack LaSota, in orange, from the Allegany County Courthouse after a pretrial hearing in Cumberland, Md., on Friday, January 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)