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UnitedHealthcare CEO murder: Death penalty on the table for suspect Luigi Mangione who faces federal charges
Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4 in Manhattan, was extradited Thursday from Pennsylvania back to New York, where he faces state and now federal charges.
Mangione, 26, was flown out of Pennsylvania on Thursday to face murder charges in New York. He landed at a Long Island airport, where a New York Police Department helicopter took him to Manhattan on Thursday afternoon.
Mangione could potentially face the death penalty if federal prosecutors decide to pursue that route, though the last execution in New York was in 1963, according to Ret. NYPD Det. Teresa Leto.
“The likelihood is slim,” Leto said, adding: “I’d be shocked…but anything can happen.”
UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO MURDER SUSPECT LUIGI MANGIONE INDICTED IN NEW YORK
Luigi Mangioni is escorted from an NYPD helicopter in New York City, NY, Thursday, December, 19, 2024. Mangione is the prime suspect in the murder of United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
She added that Mangione “has a lot going for him, just because he’s young,” and said she would be surprised if federal prosecutors pursued the death penalty against a 26-year-old suspect.
Federal court documents filed Thursday afternoon show he is facing two counts of stalking, one count of murder using a firearm and one count of using a firearm in the commission of a crime in the Southern District of New York.
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Luigi Mangioni is escorted from an NYPD helicopter in New York City, NY, Thursday, December, 19, 2024. Mangione is the prime suspect in the murder of United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
“The federal government’s reported decision to pile on top of an already overcharged first-degree murder and state terror case is highly unusual and raises serious constitutional and statutory double jeopardy concerns,” his New York defense attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, told Fox News. “We are ready to fight these charges in whatever court they are brought.”
Following a federal court hearing in Manhattan that concluded after 3 p.m. Thursday, Agnifilo declined comment but added that Mangione appreciates the support he has received.
“I will say this over and over again: the radicalization that is taking place across our country, we cannot ignore,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said during a press gaggle after Mangione arrived in New York. “When you see an incident that took place so now stories when you witnessed a shooting took place or the school campus by now a young girl, that is the continuation of our young people are crying out for help.”
Edward Y. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement Thursday that the case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office is expected to proceed to trial before the federal case.
Officials flew Mangione to New York after he attended two court proceedings at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Thursday morning.
“We have an obligation not only to make apprehensions after an incident of this magnitude, but to do far more to prevent the open question.”
NYPD officers were seen sitting in the entire front row of the room where Mangione’s court proceedings took place in the Blair County Courthouse.
Luigi Nicholas Mangione leaves at Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (Gene J. Puskar, Pool)
Several people outside the courthouse held signs that read “Deny, Defend, Depose,” the same message that Mangione allegedly left on shell casings at the scene of Thompson’s murder and words that are commonly used among insurance providers when they reject claims.
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The court covered his extradition hearing, as well as a preliminary hearing for his other firearms and fraudulent ID-related charges in Pennsylvania. The first hearing regarding his state charges ended around 9:20 a.m.
The suspect’s Altoona-based attorney, Thomas Dickey, spoke to Mangione, who nodded his head, ahead of the extradition hearing portion of Thursday’s proceedings.
Luigi Mangione on a flight from Pennsylvania to New York on Dec. 19 after waiving extradition. (David Dee Delgado for Fox News Digital)
Mangione’s defense officially filed his extradition waiver later on Thursday morning, which Judge David Consiglio signed, approving the suspect’s return to Manhattan.
“Our intention is to keep our case active,” Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks said Thursday after the conclusion of Mangione’s court proceedings, adding that the suspect’s charges in New York are the “primary” case, and Blair County officials will continue to work with New York officials.
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New York prosecutors say Mangione plotted to travel to New York; find Thompson, a Minnesota resident in town for UnitedHealthcare’s annual shareholder conference; and kill him. Mangione allegedly shot Thompson from behind with a 3D-printed ghost gun and suppressor.
Adam Giesseman, left, of Piqua, Ohio, Ashlyn Adami, center, of South Bend, Ind., and Ethan Merrill of South Bend, Ind., protest outside the Blair County Courthouse after a hearing for Luigi Nicholas Mangione in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (Gary M. Baranec)
Bragg on Tuesday announced that a grand jury indicted Mangione on one count of first-degree murder, in furtherance of terrorism; two counts of second-degree murder; two counts of second-degree criminal weapons possession; four counts of third-degree criminal weapons possession; one count of fourth-degree criminal weapons possession; and one count of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.
Prosecutors say Mangione fled New York City within an hour after the crime and traveled to Altoona, Pennsylvania.
UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO MURDER SUSPECT HAS OUTBURST OUTSIDE PENNSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE
The suspected gunman in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder, believed to be Luigi Mangione, is seen flirting with a hostel employee on surveillance footage before the Dec. 4 shooting. (NYPD)
Altoona police arrested Mangione in a McDonald’s five days later on Dec. 9 after receiving a tip from an employee. The suspect allegedly presented local police with a fake ID and appeared to start shaking when they asked if he had been in New York recently.
Police said the suspect took a bus from New York City to Philadelphia, and then from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and on to Altoona — a rust-belt town nestled between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s parent company mourned the killing of Brian Thompson and implored people to see that industry executives are trying their best with a flawed system. (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group)
Officials also found a handwritten manifesto condemning the health care industry, as NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny previously told Fox News. The manifesto specifically mentioned UnitedHealthcare.
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While officials have not commented on an official motive, the public has speculated that the suspect had strong grievances with both the health care insurance industry.
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The 26-year-old suspect is originally from Maryland and has recently lived in California and Hawaii. Mangione graduated valedictorian from the Gilman School, a private, all-boys high school in Baltimore, in 2016. He went on to receive his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020.
Luigi Mangione pictured in a Pennsylvania mugshot after his arrest in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
The day after his arrest in Altoona, on Dec. 10, Mangione announced that he would not waive extradition.
COULD UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO MURDER SUSPECT LUIGI MANGIONE FACE DEATH PENALTY?
Attorney Tom Dickey addresses the media outside of Blair County Court in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. Dickey represented Luigi Mangione, who is suspected of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, during his extradition hearing. (Dee Delgado for Fox News Digital)
“We did not waive extradition and we’re contesting extradition. We are going to fight this along the rules and with the constitutional protections that my client has,” Dickey told reporters outside the Blair County Courthouse on Dec. 10.
Fox News’ David Hammelburg, Alexis McAdams, and Maria Parnovich contributed to this report.
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An investigation is underway after an employee was found dead at the New Hampshire Insurance Department, state police said Monday night.
Around 9 a.m. Monday, State Police responded to the New Hampshire Insurance Department at 21 South Fruit St. in Concord after receiving a report that an adult male employee had been found dead at the agency.
Investigators at this time do not believe the man’s death is suspicious. There is no threat to public safety, state police said in a statement around 7 p.m. Monday.
The employee was not identified pending an ongoing investigation.
“Troopers secured the scene and an investigation remains ongoing,” state police said.
Authorities did not immediately release information about the man’s death, but provided information for the public to access in times of mental health crisis.
“The State Police remind anyone struggling with a mental health crisis that help is available,” state police said. “Anyone can call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8 for free and confidential support for themselves, a friend or a loved one.”
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company for violations that included taking bets on unauthorized events, and on games that had already ended.
In information made public Monday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined DraftKings $20,000. It also levied $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting technology company Kambi.
According to documents released by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball game between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the game had already concluded with a UNC victory.
Kambi told the enforcement division that a trader had failed to manually remove that game from its betting markets, saying it had stopped receiving messages from its own sports data provider due to a network connectivity error. Kambi said it has updated its guidelines and retrained its traders to prevent a recurrence.
Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no immediate comment Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021.
In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets totaling just under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai games after the results were already known.
Kambi told the division it experienced a connectivity issue that allowed the bets to be accepted after the games were over. An explanation of what Kambi did to address the situation was blacked out in documents released by the division.
A month earlier Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match odds on a Professional Golf Association match after the event had already begun. In this case, Kambi told the division a newly hired trader failed to enter the correct closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a supervisor underwent retraining.
DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events including Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the money to customers after being directed to do so by the state.
In this case, Kambi told the division it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was approved for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not catch the error, either.
In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly enabled the events for wagering without conditions required by the state, the division said.
In Feb. 2022, the division said DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving specific players but did not give the state specific information on what information was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later voided and refunded to customers.
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Pennsylvania
Former Pennsylvania cop accused of sexually assaulting students while working at high school
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A former police officer and school resource officer in Lackawanna County has been accused of sexually abusing five students.
In a news release, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said Stephen J. Carroll has been charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, official oppression, institutional sexual assault and other offenses.
Officials said the 49-year-old Carroll was formerly a school resource officer at West Scranton High School and an officer with the Scranton Police Department. The attorney general’s office said the abuse happened over five years at his home and West Scranton High. The alleged sex crimes date back to 2009 and recent interviews and evidence led to the charges last week, authorities said.
“This public servant took an oath to protect his community and was specifically assigned to look out for the well being of students — instead he used his position of authority to groom and sexually assault multiple teenagers,” Attorney General Michelle Henry said in the news release.
The Scranton Times-Tribune reported that Carroll is accused of multiple crimes, including sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old and sending graphic text messages, from 2009 to 2017. The newspaper reported, citing the criminal complaint, that four of the five victims were under 18 years old.
He was last employed by the Scranton Police Department in 2022 and has not been with the high school as a resource officer since 2018, The Times-Tribune reported.
“The safety and well-being of our children and students are our highest priority, and any violation of that trust is both deeply disturbing and unacceptable,” Pennsylvania State Police Captain James Cuttitta said in the news release. “We are committed to ensuring that justice is served.”
Carroll’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 3, 2025.
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