Non-binary ex-Biden nuclear official Sam Brinton arrested for being ‘fugitive from justice’

The former Biden administration nuclear official who was axed late final yr after they had been caught red-handed in a string of baggage thefts was arrested at dwelling this week, police confirmed.

Samuel Brinton, 35, was taken into custody at their dwelling in Rockville, Maryland, at 10 p.m. Wednesday, the Montgomery Country Police Department instructed The Post Thursday.

Arrest data present that Brinton — who’s non-binary and makes use of they pronouns — was arrested on the 700 block of College Parkway as a fugitive from justice.

“They are being held at the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit on a no-bond status as they await an extradition hearing,” an MCPD spokesperson defined.

The investigation is being spearheaded by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police.

Someone claiming to be a neighbor of Brinton and Reike told the Daily Wire on Thursday that “four unmarked police showed up” at their residence final evening and escorted Brinton away in handcuffs an hour later.

News of Brinton’s alleged arrest comes one month after they pleaded no contest to expenses stemming from the theft of a lady’s baggage at Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport in July 2022.

In alternate for the plea deal, Brinton was ordered to pay the girl again and given a 180-day suspended jail sentence.

Days later, Brinton agreed to bear a psychological well being analysis as a part of an grownup diversion program at a listening to stemming from related expenses associated to a theft at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in September 2022.