I guess that’s one way to get into the White house.
Resident of Kentucky is accused of trying to enter the territory of the White house, being dressed in costume Pikachu is a popular Pokemon character.
36-year-old Curtis Combs of Somerset was arrested by the police of the district of Columbia on Tuesday.
The detainee told authorities that «wanted to be famous and decided that if he will jump the fence of the White house and shoot it on video, it will be popular on YouTube».
According to USA Today, the officers first, just asked him to go down, but Combs refused to do it. He was arrested when the man was already in the «forbidden zone».
Representatives of the Secret service noted that Combs was watched by police officers and waited for the moment when they are distracted to make his jump. The man asked to help their friends, but they refused to do it.
NEW: Curtis Combs of Kentucky charged w/ Unlawful Entry for breaching White House security, seeking to jump fence & post it to YOUTUBE pic.twitter.com/jjCgcbVJjt
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) October 18, 2017
By the way, Curtis added, he knew that he would be arrested as «researched similar cases in Washington, D. C».
Of combs released Wednesday. He will stand trial for trespassing on 9 November. By the way, the man said he wanted later to return to the White house on a tour with his son.
