LA engineer derailed train near USNS Mercy over ‘conspiracy theory’

A Los Angeles train engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly derailing a locomotive near the Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy — believing a conspiracy theory that the government is covering up the vessel’s true purpose, federal authorities said.

Eduardo Moreno, 44, of San Pedro, is accused of ramming the locomotive through two barriers and the end of a track on Tuesday and coming to rest in a gravel lot about 250 yards away from the hospital ship, according to the Department of Justice.

Nobody was injured in the derailment, which...