White House on lockdown after objects thrown over fence
Secret Service arrests man who tossed ‘personal belongings’ into presidential complex
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Uniformed Secret Service officers walk along the lawn on the north side of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON — The White House was put on lockdown Wednesday after a man threw “personal belongings” over the north fence line of the White House complex.
The Secret Service was making what it describes as protective sweeps of the grounds to ensure nothing dangerous made it inside the fence line.
Once the sweeps are complete, the Secret Service says the White House complex would return to normal operations.
The Secret Service did not identify the person taken into custody.
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