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

Roger Clemens trial halted for day after juror’s mother dies.

A grueling day of technical DNA testimony Friday in the Roger Clemens trial ended on a grim note when proceedings were recessed because a juror learned her mother had died.

Md. driver guilty in crash that killed bicycling Green Party candidate

Md. driver guilty in crash that killed bicycling Green Party candidate

Christy Littleford, 43, of Upper Marlboro faces up to 10 years in prison for leaving the scene of a fatal accident and other counts.

16 indicted in nightclub crackdown

Pr. George’s prosecutors brought litany of tax, alcohol and licensing charges, calling it it a crackdown on businesses that bring violence and don’t follow laws.

Man sought in slaying in District Heights

Homicide detectives are searching for a man who stabbed a woman to death during a domestic dispute in District Heights early Tuesday, authorities said.