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Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent: Sources

Mark Anderson was found with a barbecue fork and pizza cutter while attempting to free Luigi Mangione, who faces possible life imprisonment in state and federal murder trials.

  • A Minnesota man named Anderson, 36, was arrested for allegedly impersonating an FBI agent to release Luigi Mangione from jail.
  • Anderson presented a Minnesota driver's license when questioned by Bureau of Prisons personnel at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
  • Inside Anderson's bag, officials found a barbecue fork and a circular steel blade resembling a pizza cutter.
  • He is scheduled to appear in court following his arrest for the attempted impersonation and breach of security.
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An escape was avoided in New York. By pretending to be an FBI agent, a man reportedly tried to get Luigi Mangione out of prison, revealed ABC News. Juged in September 2026, Luigi Mangione, 27, is accused of the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, an American health insurance company. A highly publicized case across the Atlantic, becoming a symbol of the very lucrative business of these companies, often to the detriment of the health of some c…

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On Tuesday, 27 January, a man who appeared as an "FBI agent" and stated that he had a court-signed order for the release of the prisoner was present at the New York Brooklyn Detention Facility, and according to CBS, Luigi Manjone was awaiting trial for the murder of the CEO of the insurance company UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson.

·Riga, Latvia
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He had qualified as an agent of the FBI to the employees of the federal prison in New York. And he had said that he was in possession of documents signed by a judge ... to authorize the release of a specific prisoner ... as stated in the complaint. The specific prisoner, however, was nothing less than Luigi Mangione, in prison for the murder of the CEO of the insurance company UnitedHealthcare Brian Thompson, colded with a gun in December 2024. …

·Rome, Italy
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tampabay28.com broke the news in on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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