Secret Service Arrests Suspect Who Tried to Leap Barricade at White House
By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Secret Service, which has come under fire for its lax protection of the White House, wasted no time Wednesday arresting a man who tried to jump over a barricade near the White House grounds.
Officers arrested the suspect as he tried to leap over bike tracks near a park adjacent to the Eisenhower Executive Office building.
“The individual was charged with unlawful entry and transported to the Metropolitan Police Department,” the Secret Service said in a statement.
The incident forced authorities to close Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic around 4:30 p.m. as agents with long guns spread out across the North Lawn.
Fence-jumpers have been a constant problem for the Secret Service for the past two years.
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Posted: 6/1/17 at 9:32 AM under News Story.
Tags: donald trump, jumper, Secret Service, White House
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