- 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.
- Pressure mounts for answers in slaying of ‘NewsHour’ driver by off-duty deputy
- ‘PBS NewsHour’ driver killed by off-duty deputy, police say
- Prince George’s police have a witness in Laurel double homicide, but she is unable to talk
- Police identify Seat Pleasant man fatally shot in Tuesday home invasion
- Police say Laurel man killed wife, adult stepdaughter
- Man found fatally beaten in Brandywine
- Man killed in Hillcrest Heights identified as Cordell Brown
- Man fatally shot in Northeast D.C.
- Tree falls on boy, grandmother in backyard hammock in Loudoun County
- Man stabbed, critically wounded in Southeast D.C.
- 4-year-old boy fatally struck by SUV in Alexandria
- Deborah Castellano shot to death in Howard County
- Police probe 10 break-ins in McLean
- Two men found wounded in van in Alexandria; suspect in custody
- One horse dead, another injured and euthanized at Nokesville farm
- Motorcyclists killed in crash with van
- Couple slain in Prince George’s County
- Drug-dealing scheme operated in Baltimore jail years ago, deal with ex-inmate reveals
- Suitland area pawn shop security guard shoots at two robbers; three arrested
- Pr. George’s police ID man stabbed to death in Suitland
- Crash shuts down southbound B.W. Parkway
- Stepson charged in slaying of D.C. officer held without bond
- Bladensburg police ID man whose body was found by officer
- D.C. police officer’s stepson is accused in his slaying
- Victims in recovery: David Yepez
- Two arrested in gang-related killing in Capitol Heights
- Man shot, wounded in SE Washington
- Police probe taped sexual encounter at Pr. George’s high school
- Two die in Chesapeake Bay boating mishap
- Plane landing at Reagan blows tire
- Gaithersburg man dies after being hit with pepper spray, shot by stun guns
- Police investigate suspicious package near Metro Center
- Former Prince George’s officer convicted of selling seized guns sentenced to 7 years
- Man convicted for second time in slaying over child support, prosecutors say
- Laurel police, NAACP broker agreement
- Laurel police deploy ‘decoy’ cameras in effort to slow down area speeders
- Bladensburg restaurant manager wins civil suit against police officer
- Witnesses: Alexandria police officer seemed to have been shot without warning
- Second suspect charged in attempt to rob 80-year-old woman
- Investigators probe whether Laurel playground fires are connected to 5 others
- Driver killed after rear-ending truck
- Police: Suspect held door for 80-year-old before pushing her, snatching her purse
- Officials identify woman killed in Cheverly house fire
- Washington Nationals’ winning ways amp up their fans at the season’s onset
- A Pr. George’s murder trial pulls top prosecutor from behind the scenes
- Md. prison inmate killed in ‘apparent murder,’ officials said
- East Coast Rapist indicted in Pr. George’s, the place where his crimes began
- East Coast Rapist charged in Md.
- Unlicensed driver faces eight charges in fatal crash in Prince George’s County
- Men killed in Glenn Dale crash identified
- Capitol Heights man charged with beating roommate to death
- Two men convicted of murder in Prince George’s County
- One person killed in Landover area crash
- Woman fatally stabbed in Camp Springs area
- Father describes crash that killed his son, injured him
- Mother describes crash that killed her 1-year-old son, injured her fiance
- Off-duty D.C. officer fires at man who tried to steal car with daughter inside, police say
- Proposed Pr. George’s police headquarters has checkered history
- 1-year-old dies after being struck by vehicle
- Man shot to death in Capitol Heights
- Burglars take ovens, refrigerators from newly constructed homes in Pr. George’s
- 13 people shot in a D.C. neighborhood with a violent past and a future in flux
- Child, 4, struck by vehicle in Montgomery County
- One killed, one seriously hurt in fiery head-on crash in Anne Arundel
- Tractor-trailer flips, kills driver in Prince William County
- Man fatally shot in Southeast
- Woman found dead under Massachusetts Avenue bridge
- Construction worker killed in fall
- Brother of hit-and-run suspect jailed for shooting D.C. officer, killing teen
- Camp Springs crash claims a second life
- Dozens honored at Pr. George’s awards ceremony
- Three young girls, father who died in Glenarden house fire are laid to rest
- Forestville man shoots, wounds intruder
- Teenager fatally shot in Prince George’s County
- Charges dropped against D.C. police officer
- Two arrested in home invasion that spurred Prince George’s officer to fire at suspect
- Authorities say U-Md. shooter admitted himself for mental health treatment
- Pr. George’s officer shoots at suspects in Seat Pleasant home invasion
- Pr. George’s police kill pit bull near bus stop
- Glenarden house fire that killed father, three daughters blamed on refrigerator cord
- Mistrial for man accused of killing mother and daughter in Largo
- Prince George’s County jolted by killings of six teenage students in six months
- Blaze that killed father, two daughters believed to be accidental, sparked by electrical appliance
- Arrest announcement expected next week in slaying of teen walking to school
- Woman accused of fatally stabbing mother’s boyfriend during argument in Oxon Hill
- Man, two young sisters killed in Prince George’s County house fire
- Spasm of violence leaves four people dead in Pr. George’s; students among the victims
- Arrests made in fatal shooting of Suitland High School student, police officials say
- Second 18-year-old dies after shooting; county starts task force on deadly violence
- 5 arrested in slaying of 15-year-old during robbery
- 2 shot, one fatally, in Forestville area
- Opening arguments made in Jason Scott murder trial
- At U-Md., campus crime alerts spark fear, sometimes without merit
- Suspect arrested in burglary that led to Alexandria sheriff’s deputy shooting of home intruder
- Bowie police arrest pair accused of swiping packages
- U-Md. student acted strangely weeks before shooting housemates, friends say
- Off-duty Alexandria sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots intruder in Fort Washington home
- Police: U-Md. student kills one housemate, shoots another in murder-suicide
- Police search for clues in killing of 71-year-old woman in Capitol Heights
- District Heights club closed after shooting
- Man who accidentally lit clothes on fire dies
- Police charge man in Temple Hills area slaying
- Bowie man fatally struck by car on Route 301
- One person critically injured in crash involving train, car [Updated]
- Prince George’s police make arrest in December homicide
- Barricade situation in Langley Park ends; man taken to hospital
- Police ID man found shot to death in Oxon Run Park as Salaam Adams
- Man found shot to death in Temple Hills park
- Three West Springfield High students arrested on child porn charges
- Police recover car taken after shop owner’s killing
- Grisly Beltway crash injures 7, ties up traffic for hours
- Auto body shop owner fatally shot; police search for missing Audi
- Four-year-old hit by car in Greenbelt
- Accused drug dealer, representing himself, addresses jurors
- Accused D.C. dealer launches his own defense at trial
- Accused drug dealer, representing himself, hears prosecutors open their case
- Pr. George’s officer acquitted of assault, misconduct charges
- Woman critically injured in Temple Hills house fire
- Two arrests in weekend killing of Pr. George’s teen
- Fight breaks out at Friendly High
- Brawl at Friendly High School thought to be connected to student’s slaying
- Officials identify man who died after escaping Md. fire
- Man charged in Forestville shooting
- Few problems visible as thousands gather for second Obama inauguration
- D.C. police officer found guilty of two murders
- Jurors in D.C. officer’s murder trial watch video of his interview with police
- Officer Juan Carter convicted of stealing guns in Prince George’s County
- Deliberations begin in Pr. George’s officer’s gun theft trial
- Officer who found dead girl testifies in murder trial
- Opening statements in D.C. officer’s murder trial
- Girl sexually assaulted outside Va. library
- Firefighter suffers burns in Riverdale blaze
- Detectives search for suspects in Jimmy Choo theft
- Soccer coach convicted of sex abuse
- Man convicted of killing mother, half brother sentenced to 110 years in prison
- Drug and gun dealer testifies that Pr. George’s officer on trial sold him the weapons
- Retrial begins for Pr. George’s police officer
- Motorcyclist killed in Oxon Hill crash
- Fires on Student Drive in Clinton thought to be set intentionally
- Pr. George’s building inspector charged with trying to extort restaurant to book his band
- Former FBI agent sentenced to 18 months in fatal drunken driving crash
- Maryland’s high court allows Gov. Martin O’Malley to replace former Del. Tiffany Alston
- Arrest in College Park pipe bomb; second possible explosive found
- Oxon Hill man fatally shot
- Slain witness in murder case declined offer to relocate, prosecutors say
- Seat Pleasant man fatally shot; son in arms hurt
- Pr. George’s official set to announce historic drop in homicides
- Police: Student in Laurel committed to hospital after threat to ‘possibly shoot and kill others’
- ‘Small pipe bomb’ probed at College Park home
- Police identify men killed in Route 1 crash
- Man convicted in sex assault of 14-year-old at gunpoint
- Officer who beat U-Md. student is sentenced to home detention
- Man killed in Greenbelt hit-and-run crash
- Md.’s highest court to determine how to fill ousted legislator’s seat
- Pedestrian killed in Fort Washington when vehicle hops curb
- Afternoon shooting in Lanham area
- Prince George’s teacher accused of sexually assaulting 13-year-old student
- Armored car guard shot during Oxon Hill robbery
- FedEx truck carjacked in Pr. George’s
- Homicide detective intervenes in beating
- Montgomery County police say 21-year-old was killed in apparent home invasion
- Teen killed trying to cross Route 2 in Annapolis
- Man with shotgun surrenders after hours barricaded inside Upper Marlboro home
- Police obtain warrant for second suspect in 14-year-old’s slaying
- D.C. teen arrested in shooting of 16-year-old during robbery attempt
- High court hits the pause button on filling seat of ousted Maryland delegate
- Hyattsville man arrested, second person sought in slaying of 14-year-old
- Father of Pr. George’s boy, 14, killed in shooting: ‘It broke my heart’
- Maryland judge: Tiffany Alston nor Greg Hall should get 24th District seat
- 14-year-old killed in possible gang-related shooting
- In Pr. George’s court, fate of state House seat debated
- Man sentenced to life without parole in slaying that stemmed from robbery
- Body discovered after overnight blaze in Upper Marlboro
- Second man wanted in Seat Pleasant shooting
- Man killed in Oxon Hill fire identified
- Man arrested in Seat Pleasant killing
- Man shot to death at Md. apartment used for illegal gambling
- Man fatally shot in Laurel-area apartment believed to be illegal gambling site
- One arrested in Mount Rainier slaying
- Seat Pleasant shooting victim identified
- Car crashes into 7-Eleven; none hurt
- Two teens hurt in crash on Beltway express lanes
- Man fatally shot in Seat Pleasant
- Stabbing at Woodley Park Metro leaves one dead
- Bowie State student Alexis Simpson ‘not guilty’ in deadly stabbing of roommate
- Prince George’s man killed by deputy is identified
- Shooting during Pr. George’s FBI raid under investigation
- Deputy fatally shoots man in Prince George’s County home
- Pr. George’s sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots man
- 39 students injured in school bus accident in Prince George’s
- Man shot and killed in Mount Rainier
- Witness: Deadly slashing during roommate fight could have been accident
- Man shot and killed in Mount Rainier
- Prosecutors, defense offer starkly different accounts in Bowie State murder trial
- Springfield woman killed in Beltway crash
- At least one badly hurt in Md. inner loop crash
- Two killed in violent, three-vehicle Md. collision
- Man pleads guilty in connection with two Hyattsville-area sexual assaults
- Two killed, others hurt in Central Avenue crash
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