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How not to get away with robbery: Hop the White House fence
Source: Associated Press
How not to get away with robbery: Hop the White House fence
JOSH LEDERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press
April 26, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Here's a surefire way to get busted for robbery: leave the scene of the crime and hop over the White House fence.
The White House was locked down briefly Tuesday after a man jumped the fence alongside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, a White House facility where presidential staffers work. Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said an initial investigation suggested that the man was fleeing a robbery just across the street.
Secret Service officers quickly detained the man, who hasn't been identified publicly, but not before he suffered a cut to his finger. Doug Buchanan, a spokesman for the fire department in Washington, said emergency workers responded to help transport the man to a local hospital under police supervision to treat injuries to his hand.
At the White House, canine teams and armed Secret Service agents gathered on the North Lawn of the White House as the area around the complex was cleared. Reporters working inside the White House were kept inside by automatically locking doors.
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JOSH LEDERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press
April 26, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Here's a surefire way to get busted for robbery: leave the scene of the crime and hop over the White House fence.
The White House was locked down briefly Tuesday after a man jumped the fence alongside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, a White House facility where presidential staffers work. Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said an initial investigation suggested that the man was fleeing a robbery just across the street.
Secret Service officers quickly detained the man, who hasn't been identified publicly, but not before he suffered a cut to his finger. Doug Buchanan, a spokesman for the fire department in Washington, said emergency workers responded to help transport the man to a local hospital under police supervision to treat injuries to his hand.
At the White House, canine teams and armed Secret Service agents gathered on the North Lawn of the White House as the area around the complex was cleared. Reporters working inside the White House were kept inside by automatically locking doors.
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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-briefly-locked-down-secret-clears-area-202703368.html
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