White House intruder pleads guilty
Iraq War veteran Omar Gonzalez, charged with running into the White House armed with a knife last September, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Friday to charges of illegal entry with a dangerous weapon and assault on a federal officer. (Courtesy New River Regional Jail)
An armed U.S. Secret Service agent with an automatic rifle guards the White House complex during an evacuation over a security alert moments after U.S. President Barack Obama and his family left for the presidential retreat, Camp David, in Maryland, September 19, 2014. White House staff and reporters were evacuated on Friday by the Secret Service because an intruder was spotted running on the grounds of the complex shortly after Obama departed for Camp David, witnesses said. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
Members of the Secret Service keep watch near the North Portico entrance to the White House in Washington September 22, 2014. The Texas man accused of breaking into the White House while armed with a knife is a U.S. military veteran who was decorated for his service in the Iraq war, the U.S. Army said on Sunday. Omar Gonzalez, 42, is expected to appear in court in Washington on Monday facing a charge of unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
WASHINGTON — Iraq War veteran Omar Gonzalez, charged with running into the White House armed with a knife last September, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Friday to charges of illegal entry with a dangerous weapon and assault on a federal officer.
Gonzalez was accused of having climbed over the White House fence on Sept. 19 and burst through the front door before being stopped in the executive mansion’s East Room.
