WASHINGTON: A man who scaled a White House fence earlier this month traipsed the grounds of the executive residence for more than 16 minutes prior to his arrest, the US Secret Service said. The trespasser breached the grounds while the president was in the Washington mansion just before midnight on March 10. According to the Washington Post, Tran, who is from northern California, was carrying a backpack and two cans of mace. Following the incident US President Donald Trump praised the Secret Service for a “fantastic job.”The White House has seen a string of high-profile trespassing incidents in recent years. In one notable 2014 incident, while Barack Obama was president, a disturbed Army veteran jumped the White House fence, sprinted across the lawn and entered the building with a knife in his pocket.

Source: Manila Times March 18, 2017 06:45 UTC