--- description: Omar J. Gonzalez, the veteran accused of jumping the White House fence in Sept., has been found competent for trial. title: White House Fence Jumper Fit for Trial image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca067f8f8f6a1bcd/698762318e0601fdae457da8/omar_gonzalez_white_house.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # White House Fence Jumper Found Mentally Fit to Stand Trial by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2014 3:40 AM CUT  Alleged White House fence jumper Omar Gonzalez, 42, is shown in this New River Regional Jail booking photo released on September 23, 2014. Alleged White House fence jumper Omar Gonzalez, 42, is shown in this New River Regional Jail booking photo released on September 23, 2014.Handout—Reuters by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2014 3:40 AM CUT A U.S. Army veteran accused of [jumping](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/mental-health-evaluation-finds-accused-white-house-fence-jumper-competent/2014/12/11/6f3cc51c-8165-11e4-81fd-8c4814dfa9d7%5Fstory.html "undefined") the White House fence and racing into the executive mansion in September has been found competent to stand trial. Omar J. Gonzalez, who served in Iraq, was indicted Sept. 30 and again on Oct. 16\. on multiple charges, including federal counts, the Washington _Post_ reports. A judge had ordered a mental health evaluation for him in October. Gonzalez is accused of climbing the north fence at the White House on Sept. 19 and dashing into the mansion, where he ran through several rooms before being apprehended by the Secret Service. Authorities found a folding knife in his pocket, as well as a machete, two hatchets and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his car. \[[_The Washington Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/mental-health-evaluation-finds-accused-white-house-fence-jumper-competent/2014/12/11/6f3cc51c-8165-11e4-81fd-8c4814dfa9d7%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3631183/white-house-fence-jumper-omar-gonzalez/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3631183/white-house-fence-jumper-omar-gonzalez/"},"headline":"White House Fence Jumper Found Mentally Fit to Stand Trial","datePublished":"2014-12-12T03:40:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:48:07.964Z","description":"The jumper successfully reached the Executive Mansion and ran through multiple rooms, leading to the Secret Service director's resignation and prompting a huge security review within the storied agency","url":"https://time.com/3631183/white-house-fence-jumper-omar-gonzalez/","keywords":["Crime","White House","Secret Service"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca067f8f8f6a1bcd/698762318e0601fdae457da8/omar_gonzalez_white_house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Barber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca067f8f8f6a1bcd/698762318e0601fdae457da8/omar_gonzalez_white_house.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New River Regional Jail booking photo of Omar Gonzalez","caption":"New River Regional Jail booking photo of Omar Gonzalez","creditText":"Handout—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3631183/white-house-fence-jumper-omar-gonzalez/","name":"White House Fence Jumper Found Mentally Fit to Stand Trial"}}]}] ```