Man allegedly tried busting Luigi Mangione out of jail with BBQ fork, pizza cutter while posing as FBI agent

A Minnesota antheral equipped with a BBQ fork and a pizza cutter was arrested astatine a Brooklyn jailhouse Wednesday aft allegedly impersonating an FBI cause successful an effort to bust high-profile inmate Luigi Mangione retired of custody.

According to a transgression ailment filed successful the Eastern District of New York, Mark Anderson was arrested astatine the Metropolitan Detention Center aft claiming helium had a tribunal bid authorizing an inmate’s release.

While the ailment does not sanction the inmate Anderson sought to free, a instrumentality enforcement root told Fox News it was Mangione, the antheral accused of sidesplitting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson successful December 2024.

At astir 6:50 p.m., Anderson allegedly approached the intake country and told uniformed Bureau of Prisons officers helium was an FBI cause carrying paperwork "signed by a judge."

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Luigi Mangione attends an evidentiary proceeding successful the execution lawsuit of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, astatine the Manhattan Supreme Court successful New York connected Dec. 18, 2025. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool/Reuters)

When asked for national credentials, Anderson reportedly presented his Minnesota driver’s license, claimed helium was carrying weapons, and threw a stack of documents astatine officers that an FBI cause described arsenic ineligible claims against the U.S. Department of Justice.

Officers detained Anderson connected the spot and searched his backpack, wherever they recovered a ample barbecue-type fork and a pizza cutter.

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A Minnesota antheral allegedly posing arsenic an FBI cause was arrested astatine a Brooklyn jailhouse aft trying to escaped Luigi Mangione utilizing fake paperwork and unusual weapons. (Department of Justice)

The New York City Police Department and FBI aboriginal responded, and Anderson was taken into national custody.

Authorities said nary inmate was released, and the incidental did not disrupt installation operations.

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Mark Anderson allegedly tried to escaped Luigi Mangione from a Brooklyn jailhouse by posting arsenic an FBI agent. Authorities said helium was equipped with a BBQ fork and a pizza cutter. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

Anderson is charged with impersonating a national officer, a felony that carries a imaginable condemnation of up to 3 years successful prison.

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Mangione has been held astatine the MDC since his apprehension successful transportation with the fatal shooting of Thompson, a sidesplitting that drew nationalist attraction and intensified scrutiny astir enforcement security. He remains successful custody arsenic the lawsuit proceeds.