For the second time in a month, someone has jumped the White House
fence, but this time the intruder was immediately subdued Wednesday
evening — by Secret Service dogs.
K-9 units knocked the unidentified young man down on the North Lawn about 7:15 p.m. Video showed the suspect, dressed in long white shorts and a dark jersey, kicking and punching the dogs, and then being surrounded immediately by officers.
The intruder was taken into custody and then transported to a local hospital, the Secret Service said.
Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said the jumper was identified as Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Md.
Adesanya was unarmed, Donovan said, and charges are pending.
Two Secret Service dogs were taken to a veterinarian for treatment for injuries sustained during the incident, he said.
The White House was immediately put on lockdown, and authorities cleared tourists from Lafayette Park, according to media reports.
K-9 units knocked the unidentified young man down on the North Lawn about 7:15 p.m. Video showed the suspect, dressed in long white shorts and a dark jersey, kicking and punching the dogs, and then being surrounded immediately by officers.
The intruder was taken into custody and then transported to a local hospital, the Secret Service said.
Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said the jumper was identified as Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Md.
Adesanya was unarmed, Donovan said, and charges are pending.
Two Secret Service dogs were taken to a veterinarian for treatment for injuries sustained during the incident, he said.
The White House was immediately put on lockdown, and authorities cleared tourists from Lafayette Park, according to media reports.
Another White House fence jumper was stopped short Wednesday evening
when two Secret Service dogs attacked him on the North Lawn.
It's the seventh time this year that someone has scaled the wrought-iron fence.On Sept. 19, Omar
Gonzalez, a 42-year-old Army vet who is unemployed and homeless, bolted
across the lawn and into the White House before being apprehended deep
into the residence. He had a 3½-inch folding, serrated knife in his
pants and more than 800 rounds of ammunition, two hatchets and a machete
in his car, parked nearby.The unprecedented security breach led to congressional hearings and the resignation of Julia Pierson as Secret Service director.
From USATODAY.COM
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