October 23, 2014
Mariah Timms
News Writer
Was DC News
Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Maryland, was arrested Wednesday evening after he jumped the White House fence before being subdued. Adesanya suffers from mental illness, according to his father. This is the second time Adesanya was arrested at the White House, the previous incident resulting in a misdemeanor charge at that time. On Wednesday evening, Adesanya jumped the fence and struggled to fend off police dogs on the grounds before officers arrived to impede him. He has been charged with two counts of felony assault on a police officer for kicking the police dogs, four counts of resisting and unlawful entry and one count of making threats to the Secret Service. Adesanya was unarmed.
