The agency also said that the suspect had no “previous history” with the agency. No hazardous material was found inside the backpack, and a subsequent search of the complex grounds resulted in “nothing of concern to security operations,” the Secret Service said. The intruder was carrying a backpack and purportedly got close to the White House’s south portico residence entrance, near the Washington Monument. The service said the incident occurred at about 11:38pm. Tran climbed a White House fence on Friday night and gained access to the complex’s south grounds before being arrested by the Secret Service.
NAN recalls that on March 11, Jonathan Tran, 26, scaled an outer-perimeter fence on the White House complex on Friday night. The package appeared to have been found on the north side of the grounds, with some television crews moved off the White House north lawn. The US Secret Service, which protects the President, his family and other top officials and visiting dignitaries, said officers had established a perimeter, and moved pedestrians outside the White House a safe distance away, as a precaution. Authorities temporarily closed roads on Tuesday near the White House after the discovery of a “suspicious package” outside the grounds of the presidential residence.
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