- - Pizzeria man with pie cutter tried to bust out Luigi Mangione

Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY January 30, 2026 at 5:29 AM

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A pizzeria worker posing as an FBI agent and armed with a pie cutter is facing federal charges after authorities say he tried to bust Luigi Mangione out of jail, according to multiple news reports.

Mark Anderson of Mankato, Minnesota, was charged on Thursday, Jan. 29, with impersonating an FBI agent after he showed up to a federal jail in New York City the night before and said he had a court order to release Mangione, according to a criminal complaint obtained by NBC News and the .

When officials at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn asked to see Anderson’s FBI credentials, the complaint says he produced a Minnesota driver’s license and said he was armed, the agencies reported.

Officers then searched Anderson’s bag and found a circular steel blade that looked like a small pizza cutter wheel, in addition to a barbecue fork, the complaint said.

USA TODAY is working to obtain the complaint, which is not yet available in online records. The complaint does not identify the inmate whom Anderson was trying to help but a law enforcement source told AP and NBC News that it was Mangione.

Luigi Mangione appears for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 16, 2025, in New York City.

A law enforcement official also told the agencies that Anderson had traveled to New York from Mankato, Minnesota, roughly 70 miles southwest of Minneapolis, and was working at a pizzeria.

USA TODAY is working to identify an attorney who can speak on Anderson’s behalf.

The office of Mangione’s attorneys did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mangione is charged with murder and is awaiting trial in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4, 2024, in an attack that subsequently was reported across the globe. He has pleaded not guilty.

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