--- title: White House Fence Jumper Charged With Multiple Felonies description: K-9s Hurricane and Jordan were cleared to return to duty after suffering minor bruising. canonical: https://time.com/3533798/white-house-fence-jumper-charged-police-dogs/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-23T12:26:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:18.609Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House Fence Jumper Charged With Multiple Felonies og:description: K-9s Hurricane and Jordan were cleared to return to duty after suffering minor bruising. og:url: https://time.com/3533798/white-house-fence-jumper-charged-police-dogs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1556705663a56ff/698762608e060129aa457ded/white-house-fence-jum_raym.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6144 og:image:height: 3456 og:image:alt: White House Fence Jumper og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House Fence Jumper Charged With Multiple Felonies twitter:description: K-9s Hurricane and Jordan were cleared to return to duty after suffering minor bruising. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1556705663a56ff/698762608e060129aa457ded/white-house-fence-jum_raym.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White House Fence Jumper Charged With Felonies After Kicking Dog > Sponsored content. 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A group of Secret Service police gather on the North Lawn as a member of the Secret Service Counter Assault team surveys from the White House rooftop Wednesday, Oct. 22. Jacquelyn Martin—AP  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Oct 23, 2014 12:26 PM UTC A man who climbed over the White House fence Wednesday evening was immediately apprehended and charged on multiple felony counts, including charges for assaulting police dogs, the Secret Service said Thursday. The man, identified as 23-year-old Dominic Adesanya of Maryland, was unarmed. He is charged with two counts of assaulting a police dog and one count of making threats, as well as with four misdemeanor charges for resisting/unlawful entry. According to the Secret Service, a veterinarian treated two of the agency’s dogs–Hurricane and Jordan–for minor bruising before clearing them for duty. “Dogs got him,” Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said Wednesday, [according](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/23/uk-usa-whitehouse-lockdown-idUSKCN0IC01320141023) to Reuters. The White House was put under lockdown for roughly 90 minutes as a result of the incident, which took place just hours after a gunman shot and killed a Canadian soldier on guard outside Ottawa’s Parliament Hill. The incident also comes a month after a man jumped the White House fence and got deep inside the building before finally being apprehended in what’s become an embarrassing breach for the Secret Service. ### PHOTOS: Go Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service  Secret Service agents stand guard around President Bush's Limousine on the tarmac as he arrives in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 25, 2007. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Secret Service agents surround U.S. President Barack Obama at a campaign event in Las Vegas on Nov. 1, 2012. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  A Secret Service agent watches the crowd as President Barrack Obama speaks in Holmdel, N.J. on July 16, 2009. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  U.S. President George W. Bush attends a campaign rally in the town square of Troy, Ohio, on Aug. 28, 2004. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Secret Service agents watch as President George W. Bush lands in Philadelphia on March 15, 2004. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  Secret Service agents watch as U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Nov. 3, 2006. Brooks Kraft—Corbis  A Presidential limousine is loaded onto a C5 military transport plane bound for eastern Europe, where President Bush is headed next week. A "secure package" of motorcade vehicles, including the limousines and a fleet of Secret Service SUVs is transported to the site of every presidential visit, Maryland, March 28, 2008. 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