NEW YORK, February 17, 2026 (EFE).– Today Tuesday in this city, a man declared not guilty of impersonating an FBI agent with the alleged intention of releasing from prison Luigi Mangione while carrying a pizza cutter and a barbecue forklocal media report.
In judicial mess, by Luigi Mangione
Mark Anderson36 years old and resident of Minnesotafaced his first hearing today in federal court for the Eastern District of New Yorkafter being accused of impersonating a fbi agent.
The judicial procedure lasted five minutes.
The accusation is based on Title 18 of the United States Codesection 912, which penalizes impersonation of a federal officiall.
The federal judge ordered that Anderson remain detained.
However, his lawyer, Michael Weilsaid that he could later ask for his release on bail.
Andersonwho works in a pizzeria in El Bronx, is confined in the federal prison in Brooklyn where also Glutton He is a prisoner.
Glutton awaits the start of his trial murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompsoncommitted in December 2024.
Andersonin prison clothing, appeared on January 28, 2026 at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC)in Brooklyn, and stated that He is an FBI agent and that it had a court order to release an inmateor, who was not identified in the documents.
However, a law enforcement official, who did not reveal his name because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said that person was Gluttonaccording to the digital newspaper Gothamist.
The authorities indicated that, when prison staff asked him for official credentials, Anderson He only showed his driver’s license and claimed he had weapons in his backpack.
After arresting him, the agents found in his bag kitchen utensilsamong them a pizza cutter and a barbecue fork.
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