A day after a man scaled the fence and managed to get inside the front door of the White House, another man was arrested for trespassing after pulling his car into a White House access gate at 15th and E streets and refusing to leave, according to a Secret Service official.
The latest incident comes as the Secret Service has launched a White House security review into how a man was able to get inside the north door of the mansion Friday night. Authorities say Omar J. Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, Tex., hopped over the north fence line near Pennsylvania Avenue about 7:20 p.m. Friday, setting off a standard security alarm indicating a breach of the perimeter. Officers demanded that he stop, but he did not respond, and they were unable to reach him on foot before he ran more than 70 yards and got inside the unlocked front doors of the presidential mansion. A guard stationed at the door subdued him.
Officers at the scene considered Gonzalez to be unarmed and likely mentally disturbed, a law enforcement official familiar with the incident said.
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