Disgraced ex-nuclear official Sam Brinton was arrested Wednesday. And faces a grand larceny charge stemming from the theft of clothes from an African designer, according to the alleged victim’s attorney Peter Hansen. And Brinson may be held in custody for up to a month before extradition to Washington D.C.
Arrested by the Montgomery County Police Department he is currently being held at the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit to await an extradition hearing on June 14.
MIT grad Sam is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. They were arrested as a “fugitive from justice” at their Rockville, Maryland home.
There is no confirmation that the Montgomery County jail facility accommodates non-binary inmates. And Brinton may have to reside in the male section until the extradition hearing.
Previous charges
In December Brinton was fired by the Dept. of Energy when 2 other cases of alleged airport luggage theft went public.
Brinton, 35, served as the Biden administration’s deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition from June through Dec. 2022.
