Ohio man charged in bizarre White House security incident

[icymist]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) -- An Ohio man was charged Tuesday with destruction of property stemming from a bizarre incident outside the White House that involved a driverless SUV.

Joseph Clifford Reel, 32, of Kettering, Ohio, appeared in federal court and will remain jailed pending a detention hearing on Thursday.

According to a court affidavit, a driverless sports utility vehicle rammed a steel security bollard and a light post shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/11/politics/white-house-incident-car/

[SleeplessinSoCal]

1. Just another day in crazytown.

It's nice to see CNN may actually be regaining some credibility. Much needed on the tv "news" scene.

[Sunlei]

2. that was a very bizarre person

[shenmue]

3. Uh-oh

Glad it stopped at that point. At least he forgot the guns.

[freshwest]

4. There is a lot more at the link:

...Secret Service officers spotted a man nearby on a bike who said he was watching the action.

Officers told him to move along and he did. But the same man, later identified as Reel, allegedly jumped a fence at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is next to the White House...

Reel was captured along with a can of paint. According to the court document, he told officers that he wanted to spray paint the "Don't Tread on Me" rattlesnake from an American Revolutionary era flag somewhere at the White House complex.

A search of the Jeep turned up 100 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition, 100 rounds of .22 caliber ammunition. eight knives, and two machetes. No explosives or guns were found, authorities said.

He knew he couldn't bring the guns in to the district, but this shows how hard it is to police these things. America is nowhere near the 'Papers, please' society we are accused of being.

Did he plan to give the rounds of ammuntion and other weaponry to his friends coming up July 4th? And Teabaggers continue to claim they aren't violent? Will this be called another 'false flag' like CTers claim every incident is?

Something inspired this 'patriot.'

[trusty elf]

5. ..........

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[freshwest]

6. A man who makes over $100 million a year at last report, is what that is...

Deprogramming would be the only way to get people out of his cult.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. I think it is sad you are trying to discredit this man!

What a shame!

[freshwest]

8. Not only that man, but the elephant he rode in on: