Another intruder was caught scaling the White House fence late Friday night by the Secret Service, a spokesman for the agency said.
The fence-jumper was detained immediately after scaling the north fence at the president’s residence, Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said in an email to Reuters.
The intruder threw a backpack over the fence and then jumped the fence, the Secret Service said in a statement.
Secret Service charged the individual, who has not been named, with unlawful entry and later transported him to D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department.
There were no indications from the Secret Service that the man’s backpack contained any weapons.
This is the third time in recent years an intruder has scaled the White House fence and triggered a Secret Service response.
On Thanksgiving Day, a Connecticut man draped in an American flag scaled the north fence and was quickly arrested.
In 2014, an Army veteran carrying a folded knife climbed the White House fence and made his way into the executive mansion before he was stopped by Secret Service.
That incident marked one of the most significant breaches of White House security during the Obama administration and triggered backlash against the Secret Service over lax security protocols.
• Kellan Howell can be reached at khowell@washingtontimes.com.
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