New York, New York – A man was charged Thursday after allegedly posing as an FBI agent at a jail to try to free Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the high-profile murder of a health insurance executive.
Mark Anderson (36) was arrested late Wednesday after New York prison staff asked to see credentials, and he could only produce his driver’s license before claiming to have weapons on him, according to court filings.
Officials found a large barbecue fork and a round steel blade – which resembled a pizza cutter – inside Anderson’s backpack.
The criminal complaint said Anderson told staff at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn that he had paperwork “signed by a judge” authorizing the release of a specific inmate, unnamed in the filing…