By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A man has been arrested and charged with assaulting three Secret Service agents after he was accused of illegally entering the White House grounds.
Police say the man hopped a temporary security barrier last week and was approached by three agents, NBC 4 Washington reports.
He’s accused of kicking an agent in the eye, grabbing another agent’s radio and gun belt and fighting with a third agent who forced the man’s surrendering by pulling out a taser.
“The individual disobeyed verbal commands of the officer to not enter the restricted area, and the suspect began to run,” a Secret Service spokeswoman said. “The suspect was placed under arrest after the arresting officer fought with him as he was actively resisting arrest and had grabbed the officer’s duty belt.”
The agents were treated at the scene for scrapes and bruises.
The man pleaded guilty. But under the plea agreement, the government in December dismissed the case after he complied with all the conditions in the case.
