Matt Zapotosky
Reporter

Matt Zapotosky covers law enforcement in Prince George’s County. In about two years on the job, he has broken stories about a cheating scandal in the police academy and a narcotics detective selling guns on the street. Most recently, he chronicled the human toll of an inexplicable spate of murders, and he explored the inner workings of an auto theft ring that was shipping stolen cars to Africa. Before coming to Prince George’s, Zapotosky worked in The Post’s Southern Maryland Bureau, where he was most well known for his reporting on a Calvert County woman who killed her two children and stored their bodies in a freezer. Zapotosky is a graduate of Ohio University and resident of Northwest D.C.

Latest by Matt Zapotosky

‘Once you pull the trigger, it’s not over’

‘Once you pull the trigger, it’s not over’

Allison Klein, Matt Zapotosky and Josh White

Cops shooting bad guys are a mainstay of police television dramas. But in real life, that moment of confrontation is extraordinarily rare. When it does come, the emotional toll can last forever.

Pr. George’s police officer charged with DUI

Matt Zapotosky

A Prince George’s County police officer was arrested and charged with drinking and driving after he was pulled over in St. Mary’s County Tuesday night, authorities said.

Pr. George’s police: Hundreds arrested in January enforcement effort

Matt Zapotosky

Prince George’s police made 551 arrests and took 54 guns off the streets during a special effort to tamp down on January violence, authorities said.

Some charges against teen dropped

Matt Zapotosky

Surveillance cameras show a Prince George’s officer hitting the teen with a gun in such a way that the weapon fired. The officer thought he was planning a robbery.

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