COMPETENCY EVALUATION ORDERED FOR LEADER OF ZIZIAN GROUP

A federal judge has ordered a competency evaluation for Jack LaSota, a transgender woman who is known as “Ziz.” A lawyer representing LaSota there is reason to believe his client, a member of the Zizian’s trio arrested near Frostburg last year, is mentally incompetent to stand trial on a federal gun charge. U.S.District Judge James Bredar granted the motion. The Zizians have been linked to six deaths. There is some doubt that LaSota’s trial, which is set for June in Western Maryland, will proceed as scheduled due to the federal court’s finding.