A federal magistrate judge has ordered the pretrial detention of a man charged with stealing a purse from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the ...

Prosecutors believe Montecino Sanzana worked with Mario Bustamante Leiva, who they say later used the same tactics the two had used together to take Noem’s purse.

Noem’s bag was stolen by a masked man last Sunday while she was having dinner with her family in Washington, D.C. ... Mario E. Bustamante Leiva, a 49-year-old Chilean national.

Police arrested Mario Bustamante Leiva, 49, after he allegedly spent $205.87 at an Italian restaurant on food and drinks charging one of Noem’s credit cards. Noem also oversees the Federal ...