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Sean Patrick
Keoughan of Roanoke, Virginia, was arrested after he pulled up
to the security checkpoint near the White House just after 11
p.m. on Saturday in a stolen 2017 Chevrolet Impala.
Keoughan told the Secret Service: "There’s a bomb in the trunk”
while holding something in his right hand, the police report
said. As he was arrested, Keoughan added: "This is a
test," the report added.
The suspect was charged with false bomb threats and unauthorized
use of a vehicle.
It was the second scare at the presidential residence on
Saturday after a person jumped over a bike rack in a buffer zone
in front of the White House at 12:40 p.m.
Washington police said in a separate report that 58-year-old
William Bryant Rawlinson of Silver Spring, Maryland, was
arrested for unlawful entry. The Secret Service said Rawlinson
was "standing behind the security barrier in an unauthorized
area, yelling nonsensical statements," the report said.
President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of both
incidents.
It was not immediately clear on Sunday if either suspect had
been released.
There have been three security incidents at the White House in a
little more than a week.
The Secret Service has been criticized after it said a man who
scaled the White House fence on March 10 was on the property's
grounds for 16 minutes before being detained while Trump was
home.
(Reporting by David Shepardson and Chris Michaud; Editing by
Peter Cooney)
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