A man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of prison in New York by impersonating an FBI agent.
Mark Anderson, 36, was charged today after police said he showed up at the Metropolitan Detention Center saying he was with the FBI.
Sources told ABC News that Anderson walked up to the intake area and told guards he had papers ‘signed by a judge’ ordering Mangione’s release.
Mangione has been held in the Brooklyn prison since his arrest in 2024 over the shooting death of a health
Federal prosecutors allege Anderson told guards he had weapons in his backpack – inside the bag was a barbecue fork and a pizza cutter.
When prison personnel asked to see his credentials, the man allegedly showed them a driver’s license and ‘threw’ documents at them.
Anderson will appear in court later today.
Mangione, meanwhile, is due in court on Friday.
He faces state and federal charges – and possibly the death penalty – in the killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare.
Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days following the shooting outside a Hilton hotel in Manhattan.
He had pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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