Minnesota Man Arrested for Impersonating FBI Agent to Free Mangione

A Minnesota man was arrested Wednesday night after attempting to impersonate an FBI agent to secure the release of Luigi Mangione from a federal jail in Brooklyn, authorities said.

Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, Minnesota, approached the intake area of the Metropolitan Detention Center around 6:50 p.m. and told Bureau of Prisons officers that he was a federal agent carrying a court order signed by a judge to free a specific detainee, according to a federal criminal complaint. Law enforcement officials confirmed the target was Mangione, the 27-year-old accused in the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. When officers requested his credentials, Anderson presented a Minnesota driver's license, threw several documents at them and stated he had weapons in his backpack. A search revealed a barbecue fork and a circular steel blade resembling a pizza cutter, the complaint stated.

Anderson, who had relocated to New York City for a job opportunity that did not materialize and was subsequently employed at a pizzeria, faces a federal charge of impersonating an FBI agent. He was scheduled to appear before a magistrate judge in Brooklyn federal court Thursday...