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Sunday, November 19, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, November 19, 2017
US Secret Service nabs attempted White House fence jumper
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US Secret Service says an individual has been taken into custody after attempting to jump a security barrier on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the White House.
US President Donald Trump was inside the White House during this morning’s incident.
The Secret Service tweets at about 8 a.m. that someone tried to jump a row of metal bike racks that are being used to create a second row of fencing outside the executive mansion.
Those racks were installed in response to a series of fence-jumping incidents in recent years, including a man who made it into the White House in 2014.
Pedestrians are briefly barred from walking in front of the White House during the incident.
The Secret Service doesn’t immediately provided more details.
— AP
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