White House Fence Jumper 'Mentally Disturbed'

The father of Dominic Adesanya, who was tackled on the North Lawn, says his son has tried to get into the White House before.

18:45, UK, Thursday 23 October 2014

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By Sky News US Team

A man who jumped over the fence surrounding the White House is "mentally disturbed", his father has said.

Dominic Adesanya, a 23-year-old from Bel Air, Maryland, was swiftly tackled on the North Lawn by Secret Service agents and their dogs in Wednesday night's intrusion.
His father told ABC's Baltimore affiliate WMAR that his son had previously gone to the White House in an attempt to talk to President Barack Obama.

Barack Obama was at the White House

"He'd done it before," his father, who declined to be named or shown on camera, told the television station. "He didn't get that close."
Adesanya was arrested in July for hopping over a security barrier outside the White House and then again three days later for trying to get into the US Department of Treasury, according to the Washington Post.

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He reportedly told officers he was at the executive mansion because he had been "targeted due to his race by the Rothschild family who owned the Federal Reserve Bank".
Adesanya seems to have an obsession with the famous banking dynasty, posting conspiracy theories about them on social media.
On a LinkedIn page, he described himself as an "American Slave" instead of posting a job title.
In his last Instagram post a day ago, he commented: "voted for this b #impeachobama".
Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said Adesanya, who was unarmed, climbed the north fence line at about 7.15pm and kicked one of the dogs that attacked him.
The accused has been charged with two felony counts of assault on a K-9 police officer, one felony count of making threats and four misdemeanour counts of resisting and unlawful entry.
He was taken into custody by uniformed agents who patrol the grounds constantly.

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Two Secret Service dogs - Hurricane and Jordan - were treated for minor bruises by a veterinarian and cleared for duty.
President Obama was at the White House at the time of the incident, but the intruder never made it close to the building.
However, the presidential mansion was on lockdown for about 90 minutes.
The latest security scare happened just over a month after another man, armed with a knife, sprinted across the same lawn, ran past agents and entered the mansion. He was apprehended in the East Room.
Omar Gonzalez, an Iraq veteran who reportedly suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, was detained.
The incursion embarrassed the Secret Service and ultimately led to Julia Pierson's resignation as director of the agency after 18 months on the job.