On Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, it happened again while The First Family was enjoying their Thanksgiving meal.
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According to FOX News, Caputo wound up on a plot of land referred to as “Pebble Beach” at around 2:45 p.m. Thursday. A year ago, Secret Service officials proposed making the fence taller than its current 7-foot, 6-inch height.
The Washington Post cited a witness who took photos of the incident showing a United States flag-draped man vaulting the fence and landing on the other side, arms outstretched.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who represents D.C.in Congress, released a statement on Friday expressing dismay with the fact that Caputo was able to scale the fence and calling for a meeting with the Secret Service to discuss “quick corrective action”.
One woman was arrested in July in a similar incident, and another person was arrested in April.
A 22-year-old CT man accused of scaling the White House fence while President Barack Obama celebrated Thanksgiving with his family has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. “It was chaotic. Everyone around us was yelling and kids were crying”.
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She said he then lay on the grass awaiting security personnel and guard dogs. The White House was placed on lockdown as a result, and the north and south fence lines have been temporarily closed as a result of the incident. But the Secret Service may now redouble its efforts to make the White House perimeter more secure.
