Armed with a pizza cutter and a barbecue fork, he posed as an FBI agent and confirmed up at a federal jail in Brooklyn claiming to have a court docket order for the discharge of Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old accused of capturing lifeless the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, in 2024 in New York.
However, the person was arrested, as reported by the New York Times.
The man, Mark Anderson, of Mankato, Minnesotawas charged in federal district court docket in Brooklyn with impersonating an FBI agent and is predicted to seem in court docket as we speak.
According to individuals accustomed to the matter, Anderson was attempting to free Mangione.
According to the criticism, Anderson arrived on the jail round 6:50 pm on Wednesday and informed corrections officers that he was an FBI agent with paperwork “signed by a judge” authorizing the discharge of an inmate.
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