Mark Anderson from Minnesota impersonated an FBI agent and tried to break murderer Luigi Mangione out of prison with a pizza cutter

You think you’ve seen every flavor of internet brain rot, and then a guy from Minnesota, of all places, shows up to a federal jail in Brooklyn, tells the officers he’s an FBI agent, and tries to get Luigi Mangione released with “paperwork signed by a judge.”

That is what authorities say happened Wednesday night at the Metropolitan Detention Center. The guy, Mark Anderson, got arrested and charged with impersonating a federal officer.

Mark Anderson impersonated an FBI agent and tried to break Luigi Mangione out of prison with a pizza cutter

BREAKING: A Minnesota man identified as Mark Anderson allegedly attempted to break Luigi out of prison by impersonating an FBI agent. He was reportedly armed with a BBQ fork and what appeared to be a pizza cutter and was quickly arrested and charged with impersonating a federal… pic.twitter.com/nidtJb8spX

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 29, 2026

Mark Anderson allegedly walked into intake around 6:50 p.m., claimed he had a release order for a specific person in custody, and when officers asked for credentials, he showed them a Minnesota driver’s license instead.

He also claimed he had weapons, then officers searched his bag and found a barbecue fork and a circular steel blade that resembled a small pizza-cutter wheel. This is what we’re working with here. A fake fed with a BBQ fork and a pizza cutter trying to jailbreak the scumbag, high-profile defendant, Luigi Mangione out of prison.

A law enforcement official confirmed the “specific person” Anderson was trying to free was Luigi Mangione, who’s being held at MDC Brooklyn while awaiting state and federal murder trials in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

University of Pennsylvania graduate and former valedictorian Luigi Mangione arrested in Altoona on gun charges, named a person of interest in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty, and his federal case has a Sept. 8 jury selection date on the calendar, with the death penalty still a live legal question the judge is weighing.

Manhattan prosecutors are also pushing for a July 1 start date for the state case.

Now let’s talk about the part that actually matters, because the jailbreak clown show is just a symptom.

The whole Luigi Mangione saga has become a grim parody of modern discontent. A segment of the internet has decided this guy is a symbol, a “cause,” a meme, a hero. People have shown up to court in green “Luigi” fits and “Free Luigi” slogans like this is a Marvel movie and not a real murder case.

Let’s be very clear for anyone still confused.

Whatever gripes you have with corporate America or the healthcare industry, murdering someone in cold blood is not activism. It’s not revolution. It’s not “sticking it to the man.” It’s just violence, and it solved absolutely nothing.

Brian Thompson was killed walking to a hotel in midtown Manhattan for an investor conference, and authorities say the attack was targeted and deliberate. Luigi Mangione is accused of doing it, and prosecutors say the scene included ammunition marked with words that echoed a phrase tied to insurance grievances.

If you’re trying to spin that into “heroism,” you’re not brave. You’re broken.

Here’s the most frustrating part. Luigi Mangione wasn’t some powerless guy backed into a corner with no options. Multiple reports describe him as a 27-year-old Ivy League graduate from a wealthy Maryland family. If you want to challenge the system, there are a thousand ways to do it without putting a bullet in somebody.

Build something. Organize. Advocate. Make noise. Use your brain. The moment you decide you’re the executioner, you stop being a “symbol” and start being a criminal defendant.

So no, I’m not impressed by anyone trying to “Free Luigi.” Not the supporters outside court. Not the online weirdos. And definitely not the fake FBI guy with the pizza cutter.

This isn’t a movie. This isn’t a meme. It’s a murder case, and it’s heading toward court.

One last note, will everyone in Minnesota just calm the fuck down? What is going on up there? Every day we learn about another mentally ill lunatic doing something beyond stupid from statewide fraud, people fighting with federal law enforcement, and now trying to break a murderer out of prison.

Seriously… get it together.

Join The Chase