Luigi Mangione claims cops illegally collected his DNA by giving him snacks after McDonald’s arrest
Pennsylvania cops illegally collected Luigi Mangione’s DNA when they gave him food and a soda at a police station the day of his arrest, the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer’s lawyers claim in court papers.
Mangione’s lawyers claim he was illegally arrested at McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. on Dec. 9 since cops lacked probable cause during the encounter and allegedly failed to read him his rights and inform him he was a suspect for at least 20 minutes when he was swarmed by over ten officers.
Since the arrest was illegal to begin with, any further statements and evidence the cops collected that day, including his DNA taken from the items he ate and drank from at the police station were also illegal, Mangione’s lawyers claimed in court papers from last week.
“While illegally seized, arrested, and detained, [Mangione] was provided food and soda while at the Altoona Police Department Station,” his lawyers said in the filing. “The purposes for the same, was to obtain DNA from [Mangione] for further investigative purposes.”
Mangione’s lawyers are trying to keep all the evidence from that arrest out of trial and are even trying to get the charges in the Pennsylvania case dismissed on the same grounds.
Mangione is accused of executing healthcare honcho Brian Thompson outside of a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4 and then going on the lam for five days until authorities tracked him down to the Keystone state.
He faces weapons possession charges and forgery and false identification crimes in Altoona.
He also faces more serious state and federal charges in New York for Thompson’s murder.
He’s pleaded not guilty in all the cases.
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