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Omaha Steve

(99,487 posts) Sun Mar 30, 2014, 09:51 PM Mar 2014

Official: Man scaled White House fence, arrested

Source: AP-USA Today

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says a man has been arrested after he climbed over a fence at the White House.

Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary says the man climbed over the fence around 4 p.m. Sunday and was immediately arrested. The White House briefly went into lockdown after the incident, which is standard procedure.

The Secret Service did not immediately release the identity of the man, and Leary said charges were pending.

Obama returned to Washington on Saturday after a weeklong trip abroad.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/30/man-scaled-white-house-fence/7093931/

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Official: Man scaled White House fence, arrested (Original Post) Omaha Steve Mar 2014 OP

Maybe he thought it was his house? yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #1

I hope details on this latest lunacy comes out soon. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #2

Probably confused....... DeSwiss Mar 2014 #3

I hope Rick Santorum was watching. That's his best chance of getting into the White House too. FSogol Mar 2014 #4

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

1. Maybe he thought it was his house?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 10:29 PM

Mar 2014

The people's house? He was probably just drunk. Glad to see Security was on the situation so quickly and President Obama or his family were not harmed.