{"id":117837,"date":"2026-01-30T22:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117837\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T22:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:11:25","slug":"nutjob-who-tried-to-break-luigi-mangione-out-of-jail-pointed-bb-gun-at-bronx-pizza-joint-sued-his-boss-and-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/117837\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutjob who tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail pointed BB gun at Bronx pizza joint, sued his boss and Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyway you slice it, he\u2019s a lunatic.<\/p>\n<p>The unhinged nutjob who allegedly tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/29\/us-news\/lunatic-luigi-mangione-fan-posed-as-fbi-agent-in-botched-bid-to-break-accused-ceo-killer-out-of-nyc-jail-feds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">break Luigi Mangione out of jail<\/a> once pointed a BB gun at the Bronx pizzeria where he worked \u2014 before suing his boss for millions along with the Pentagon, according to the former employer and court papers.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Anderson, 36 \u2014 who was tossed in the same jail as his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/23\/us-news\/luigi-mangione-dons-new-look-as-judge-sets-date-for-federal-murder-trial\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accused assassin<\/a> idol after allegedly trying to bust him out with a pizza cutter Wednesday \u2014 went berserk when he got canned from Louie and Ernie\u2019s Pizza in Throgs Neck last spring, said owner Cosimo Tiso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was relieved of duty last year right around April, and he\u2019s been a little chaotic in my life since then,\u201d said Tiso, 55, adding that he\u2019s been repeatedly sued by the former worker.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Anderson is also accused of pointing a BB gun at the Bronx pizzeria where he worked. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Anderson allegedly banged on the window of the pizzeria with the weapon in September. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a serial litigant\u2026 This was a big surprise,\u201d he told The Post on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson allegedly showed up at the old school pizza shop on Crosby Ave \u00a0wielding a BB gun \u2014 and was caught on camera pointing at a security camera and pretending to pull the trigger, according to footage provided by Tiso.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, he wears a face mask as he allegedly bangs on the window of the pizzeria with\u00a0the\u00a0weapon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was arrested on Christmas,\u201d Tiso said. \u201cTurns out it wasn\u2019t [a real gun.]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The day after the bizarre incident, Anderson sued Tiso, alleging\u00a0that the pizza boss made him work 70 hour weeks for two\u00a0years without receiving overtime \u2014 and demanding $12.5 million, court records show. The case is still pending.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Acting as his own lawyer, Anderson\u00a0has also filed handwritten complaints in Manhattan inexplicably suing\u00a0the Pentagon, and the ambassadors to China and Russia, court records show.\u00a0 All of those lawsuits have been thrown out.<\/p>\n<p>Tiso, also Anderson\u2019s landlord, said he worked at the restaurant for a year before he \u201cchanged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe worked here and paid his rent, and we had a good relationship. This is very, very odd that it came about this way,\u201d Tiso said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a tenant of mine at a point, he still is getting evicted, and today would be his first court appointed eviction date, and he\u2019s not going to show up,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mark Anderson was tossed in the same jail as Mangione after allegedly trying to bust him out with a pizza cutter Wednesday. Facebook\/Mark Anderson<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, Anderson allegedly posed as an FBI agent and made the bonkers claim that he had an order \u201csigned by a judge\u201d to free the accused cold-blooded killer from a Brooklyn federal lockup, where he was being held without bail.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to show his credentials, Anderson allegedly took out a Mankato, Minn. driver\u2019s license at the Metropolitan Detention Center and said that he had weapons in his bag.<\/p>\n<p>Staff guarding the\u00a0intake area\u00a0searched the bag and found a BBQ fork\u00a0and a \u201cround steel blade\u201d that resembled a pizza cutter, court papers said.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson was ordered held without bail at his first court appearance in the case Thursday afternoon, as his lawyer, Michael Weil, said he was mentally ill and argued in vain for him to be released to a hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Cosimo Tiso, owner of Louie and Ernie\u2019s Pizza, said Anderson has caused \u201cchaos\u201d at the eatery. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n<p> Accused killer Luigi Mangione is being held without bail. Steven Hirsch<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m surprised that he would even go to this level,\u201d Tiso\u00a0said of the incident. \u201cI don\u2019t know how he got this in his head.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anyway you slice it, he\u2019s a lunatic. 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