After Luigi Mangione’s arrest, his lawyer claims that he expects him to plead not guilty to “every charge,” insisting that there’s “no evidence” that he committed the crime of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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As we previously shared, on Wednesday (December 4), Thompson was gunned down near the Hilton Hotel in Midtown New York City, and the suspect immediately fled the state. On the fifth day of the manhunt for the suspect, he was found at a McDonald’s in Altoona, PA — located between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.
The suspect was identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione and he was charged in both PA and NY. He faces fake ID and gun charges in PA and 5 charges in New York: one count of murder, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one count of second-degree possession of a forged document, and one count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
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During his first hearing in Pennsylvania, where he’s facing extradition to New York on murder charges, Mangione reportedly told the judge he does not have any drug or mental health issues and doesn’t know how he came to be in possession of a backpack with 8,000 U.S. Dollars and $2,000 in foreign currency. He suggested it was “planted on him.” He was also found with a semi-automatic pistol, with what appeared to be a 3D-printed loaded receiver with a metal slide and silencer, plus a manifesto (written admissions allegedly confessing to the crime).
Luigi Mangione has since been denied bail during a court appearance in PA and after the hearing, his lawyer for his charges in PA (fake ID and gun possession), Thomas “Tom” Dickey, said he had been retained to represent him, but wouldn’t reveal who hired him. He also said that his client should have been given bail.
He said, “In Pennsylvania, the constitution says that all crimes are generally a bailable offense, meaning you have to set some form of bail. The exception to that is if it’s a capital case, meaning the commonwealth or the government is looking for the death penalty… But this is not a capital case. Knock on wood, at least that I’m aware of right now. Or if it’s first-degree, which carries life without parole. If the change you’re faced with is life without parole, then you’re not eligible for parole. Since the crime, set for by the District Attorney, was alleged second-degree murder, that’s not life without parole. So, I believe bail should’ve been set.”
Luigi Mangione’s lawyer also told reporters in Altoona, PA that his client will be pleading not guilty to all charges, further insisting that there is “no evidence” proving his client committed a crime. Dickey also said that he may also represent him in New York on his murder charges there.
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