Overview
- U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed two counts — murder through use of a firearm and a related silencer charge — narrowing the federal indictment.
- Two federal stalking counts remain, each carrying a potential life-without-parole sentence if Mangione is convicted.
- The judge allowed prosecutors to use items seized from Mangione’s backpack at his Pennsylvania arrest, including a handgun, a loaded magazine and a red notebook.
- Federal proceedings are set to begin with jury selection on Sept. 8 and opening statements on Oct. 13, while Manhattan prosecutors have asked to start a separate state murder trial on July 1.
- A Minnesota man was charged with impersonating an FBI agent at Brooklyn’s federal jail after allegedly claiming he had a judge’s order to release Mangione and carrying a barbecue fork and a pizza-cutter-like blade.