Following Friday’s White House security breach in which a Texas man was arrested for scaling the fence of the building, a second security incident at the White House has been reported.
A man failed to stop at the entrance to the White House complex while driving his vehicle, Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said on Saturday, September 21, 2014.
The man, identified as Kevin Carr of Shamong, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with unlawful entry, Leary said.
According to the Secret Service spokesman, the man is either 18 or 19 and did not stop when ordered to do so. The man’s car did not hit the barriers at the 15th and E street entrace of the White House, however.
Carr exited his car and was arrested after he refused to leave.
The Secret Service has launched a review of its policies and procedures, following Friday’s fence jumping incident which happened just four minutes after President Barack Obama left the White House with his daughters via helicopter on a trip to Camp David.
“The President has full confidence in the Secret Service and is grateful to the men and women who day in and day out protect himself, his family and the White House,” White House spokesman Frank Benenati said. “The Secret Service is in the process of conducting a thorough review of the event on Friday evening and we are certain it will be done with the same professionalism and commitment to duty that we and the American people expect (from) USSS.”
The 42-year-old man who scaled the White House fence, Omar Gonzalez, and made it into the building was found to have a pocket knife on him and has been charged for unlawfully entering a restricted building while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon and could face 10 years in jail.
