By Sky News US Team
A man who jumped over the fence surrounding the White House is "mentally disturbed", his father has said.
Dominic Adesanya, a 23-year-old from Bel Air, Maryland, was swiftly tackled on the North Lawn by Secret Service agents and their dogs in Wednesday night's intrusion.
His father told ABC's Baltimore affiliate WMAR that his son had previously gone to the White House in an attempt to talk to President Barack Obama, but had been stopped at the gate.
"He'd done it before," his father, who declined to be named or shown on camera, told the television station. "He didn't get that close."
The security scare happened just over a month after another man, armed with a knife, sprinted across the same lawn, ran past agents and entered the mansion. He was apprehended in the East Room.
Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said Adesanya, who was unarmed, climbed the north fence line at about 7.15pm and kicked one of the dogs that attacked him.
The accused has been charged with two felony counts of assault on a K-9 police officer, one felony count of making threats and four misdemeanour counts of resisting and unlawful entry.
He was taken into custody by uniformed agents who patrol the grounds constantly.
Two Secret Service dogs - Hurricane and Jordan - were treated for minor bruises by a veterinarian and cleared for duty.
President Obama was at the White House at the time of the incident, but the intruder never made it close to the building.
However, the presidential mansion was put on lockdown for about 90 minutes.
Last month's security breach involved an Iraq veteran, Omar Gonzalez, who was reportedly suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
It embarrassed the Secret Service and ultimately led to Julia Pierson's resignation as director of the agency after 18 months on the job.
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