The 23-year-old Maryland man who was the latest intruder to scale the White House fence Wednesday night was charged with felonies for assaulting two police dogs and making threats, the Secret Service said Thursday.
Two Secret Service dogs were ultimately responsible for capturing the intruder, Dominic Adesanya of Bel Air, Maryland. The highly-trained Belgian Malinois dogs, 6-year-old Hurricane and 5-year-old Jordan, helped two uniformed human Secret Service agents apprehend Adesanya after he got on the North Lawn of the White House.
Video of the incident recorded by TV news cameras shows a man in white shorts on the lawn just inside the fence. The man lifts his shirt as if to show that he is unarmed, then is seen kicking and punching the two Secret Service dogs.
President Barack Obama was in the White House at the time of the breach.
The Secret Service said on Thursday that the dogs were treated by a veterinarian for minor bruising and cleared to return to duty.
