"NEW YORK (AP) - A man falsely claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said. Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, Minnesota, was arrested and charged with impersonating an FBI agent in a foiled bid to free Mangione from the Metropolitan Detention Center,"
"Online court records did not contain information on a lawyer who could speak on his behalf. A message seeking comment was left with a spokesperson for Mangione's legal team. According to the criminal complaint, Anderson approached the jail intake area around 6:50 p.m. Wednesday and told uniformed jail officers that he was an FBI agent in possession of paperwork "signed by a judge" authorizing the release of a specific person in custody at the jail."
"When the officers asked for his federal credentials, Anderson showed them a Minnesota driver's license, threw numerous documents at them and claimed to have weapons, the criminal complaint said. Officers searched Anderson's bag and found a barbecue fork and a circular steel blade, the complaint said. In a photo included in the complaint, the blade appeared to be a small pizza cutter wheel."
A man claiming to be an FBI agent arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn late Wednesday and asserted he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione. Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, Minnesota, was arrested and charged with impersonating an FBI agent. Mangione is held at the detention center while awaiting state and federal murder trials in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. A criminal complaint noted Anderson used a Minnesota driver's license, threw documents at officers and claimed to have weapons. Officers found a barbecue fork and a circular steel blade, and a photo showed a small pizza-cutter wheel.
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