Another White House fence jumper arrested
The Secret Service says it arrested a man late Sunday night after he climbed over the fence on the south side of the White House Complex (far away from the executive mansion itself).
"The individual is in custody and charges are pending," the Secret Service said in a statement, not providing further information about the jumper.
The incident occurred around 10:25 p.m. Sunday. The south side of the White House is the one closes to the Washington Monument.
Security officials are planning to add spikes to the top of White House fences, and to eventually surround the entire complex with higher fencing. The current structures are about eight feet tall.
From the Associated Press:
"The agency has been beset by a series of security lapses, including an incident last Sept. 19 in which authorities said a man with a knife jumped a fence and ran inside the executive mansion, looking for the president. It was the sixth time someone had jumped the fence in 2014 and the 16th in the past five years, according to the Secret Service."