{"id":117004,"date":"2026-01-30T02:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117004\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T02:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:44:24","slug":"man-arrested-after-allegedly-trying-to-free-luigi-mangione-from-brooklyn-lockup-amnewyork-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117004\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after allegedly trying to free Luigi Mangione from Brooklyn lockup \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luigi Mangione pictured being escorted by detectives at Manhattan Federal Court in December 2024.<\/p>\n

Photo by Dean Moses <\/p>\n

Someone allegedly tried to help Luigi Mangione make a break for it.\n<\/p>\n

On Wednesday evening, 36-year-old Mark Anderson arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center, where Mangione is detained, and falsely claimed he was an FBI agent with paperwork signed by a judge that authorized the release of a specific MDC detainee, charging papers say.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That detainee, according to a law enforcement source, was 27-year-old Luigi Mangione, who stands accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan in late 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The contents of Mark Anderson\u2019s backpack when he allegedly tried to help Luigi Mangione escape from jail.Photo via U.S. District Court<\/p>\n

When asked for credentials, Anderson presented a Minnesota driver\u2019s license and then said he had weapons on him. In his backpack were a large barbecue fork and pizza cutter, according to court documents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Minnesota man had traveled to New York City for a job opportunity that didn\u2019t pan out and has since been working at Louie & Ernie\u2019s Pizza<\/a> in Pelham Bay, the law enforcement source said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anderson, who was then arrested himself and charged with impersonating a U.S. government officer, appeared in front of a federal judge in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon. He did not enter a plea. <\/p>\n

His request to be released pending trial was denied after prosecutors cited an arrest record that has included, in recent months, brandishing weapons in the Bronx and failing to appear in court, and previous convictions for aggravated robbery, burglary, narcotics, bail jumping, driving under the influence and resisting arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Michael Weil, Anderson\u2019s public defender, argued that his client should not be detained, but escorted to a hospital to be evaluated.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis does not appear to have been a serious attempt to spring a federal inmate,\u201d Weil said. \u201cMr. Anderson has other problems that need treatment and evaluation.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Anderson did not present a bond package and had no possible suretor, Weil said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very alone in this world,\u201d Weil said. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t raised by his family; he was in the system from the age of 13.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

U.S. Magistrate Judge Taryn Merkl said she respected Weil\u2019s argument but wasn\u2019t inclined to let his client go.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a more concrete plan,\u201d U.S. Magistrate Judge Taryn Merkl said. \u201cReleasing him on his own signature is not an option on this record.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Anderson, who wore a gray quarter-zip sweater, appeared animated while speaking with his attorney during the hearing. Toward the end of the proceeding, Weil relayed Anderson\u2019s request to seal the record in his case, which Merkl denied. Then, after some back and forth with Weil, Anderson himself addressed the judge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYour Honor, I\u2019m asking specifically that the body camera footage be sealed \u2026 for my own political hardship or personal benefit,\u201d Anderson said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Merkl informed Anderson that the potential evidence he was referencing from his arrest was not before her at this time.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Anderson will be detained at MDC, the same facility from which he allegedly tried to free Mangione. He is set to appear in court again in mid-February.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luigi Mangione pictured being escorted by detectives at Manhattan Federal Court in December 2024. Photo by Dean Moses…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,2803,6974,32751,9,24,63,613],"class_list":["post-117004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-court","tag-luigi-mangione","tag-luigi-mangione-case","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-pm-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}