White House intruder pleads guilty

March 14, 2015 16:47

The man who intruded the White House in September last year has pleaded guilty to charges of entering the highly protected building with a folding knife after climbing the fence, US Attorney Ronald C Machen said.

Omar Gonzalez, 42, formerly of Copperas Cove, Texas, pled guilty in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to two federal offences: one count of unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds, while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon and one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees.

He is to be sentenced on June 8, 2015.

He has been in custody since his arrest on September 19, 2014.

"We are pleased that Gonzalez has chosen to take responsibility for his incomprehensible decision to leap a fence and charge into the White House with a knife," Machen said yesterday.

"He is lucky to be alive. Gonzalez faces significant prison time because of his crime and at sentencing we anticipate that he will barred from entering the District of Columbia and required to undergo psychiatric treatment."

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