Secret Service arrests two after car crash and barricade breach outside White House
Police arrested two people outside the White House in separate incidents on Monday near Lafayette Square Park.Video from the park circulating on social media shows a vehicle that appeared to...
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Police arrested two people outside the White House in separate incidents on Monday near Lafayette Square Park. Video from the park circulating on social media shows a vehicle that appeared to run into a barrier, with the engine emitting smoke. Authorities say the driver was "combative" with law enforcement and was arrested. "Just before 10:00 a.m., Secret Service Police and National Guard responded to the north side of Lafayette Park at 16th Street and H Street, NW, where a vehicle crashed onto the sidewalk. The driver was combative with law enforcement, but was quickly placed under arrest," a Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement. "MPD’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal team has been called to sweep the vehicle as a precaution. Subsequently, roads around Lafayette Park have been closed," the statement continued. CAR RAMS INTO WHITE HOUSE BARRICADE, SUSPECT ARRESTED: OFFICIALS "Around the same time, a second individual jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park. That individual was also quickly placed under arrest," it added. The Secret Service briefly moved reporters and the press inside the White House briefing room after the incident, but they have since been released. Authorities say both incidents are currently under investigation. The arrests come just days after authorities arrested an illegal immigrant from Venezuela outside the White House on Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security says officers found the man inside a stolen vehicle carrying multiple guns and threatening to kill President Donald Trump. U.S. Secret Service officers approached the suspect Thursday evening after spotting him "acting suspicious in his car while it was parked on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C.," DHS told Fox News. The suspect told officers he had heard voices in his head telling him to travel to the nation's capital and kill Trump , DHS said. Officers subsequently learned that the vehicle…