Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An intrusion of the White House occurred on September 19, 2014, when Omar J. Gonzalez, an Iraq War veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, jumped over the White House's fence and entered the building's front door, overpowered a security officer, was stopped by another who was off-duty, then later by multiple security officers, and arrested.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
WASHINGTON (AP) - Accused White House fence-jumper Omar J. Gonzalez was indicted Tuesday on federal and local charges for allegedly intruding into the presidential mansion armed with a folding knife.
A person was arrested after attempting to climb a temporary fence near the White House this morning, according to a U.S. Secret Service spokesperson. The Secret Service said the person was ...
November 26, 2015 – Joseph Anthony Caputo, 22, of Stamford, Connecticut, was arrested by Secret Service agents almost immediately after jumping over a White House fence as the first family was inside celebrating Thanksgiving. [51] [52] Caputo had left a suicide note and will and apparently had intended to die. [53]
In September 2014, a knife-wielding man named Omar J. Gonzalez managed to jump a fence and make it inside the East Room of the White House, while former President Obama was in office, before he ...
On May 2, 2016, Salehi was featured in the Washington Post for stopping a robbery near the White House. [1] According to the article, Salehi was en route to a meeting when he saw a man wrestle a woman to the ground and steal her purse. Salehi charged at the man, forcing him to retreat and run toward the fence surrounding the White House.
The suspect, Joseph Caputo, 23, of Stamford, triggered a lockdown of the White House on Thanksgiving Day with President Barack Obama inside. Man charged with scaling White House fence to undergo ...