A 36-year-old Kentucky man who authorities said tried to scale a White House fence on Tuesday while dressed as the Pokémon character Pikachu had planned to film his act in an attempt to attain fame, according to an arrest affidavit filed in court. With police nearing, Combs told police he decided to try getting over the fence anyway, and he made it into a restricted area where he was caught and handcuffed. The affidavit quotes Combs as saying he “wanted to become famous” and had planned to post his video to YouTube. A man in 2014 was caught on the White House lawn dressed in a Pikachu hat and carrying a Pokémon doll. In the affidavit, Combs told police that after his court case is finished, “He stated he wanted to come back to the White House with his son for a tour.”

Source: Washington Post October 19, 2017 01:52 UTC