--- title: Man Fleeing Robbery Arrested After Jumping White House Fence description: A robbery suspect fleeing a crime scene in Washington D.C. on Tuesday jumped a fence at the White House and was arrested canonical: https://time.com/4308754/white-house-fence-jumper-robbery-suspect/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-26T23:31:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:03:31.393Z article:section: Politics og:title: Man Fleeing Robbery Arrested After Jumping White House Fence og:description: Not the smartest move og:url: https://time.com/4308754/white-house-fence-jumper-robbery-suspect/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddaecdb226f5df68/698890c58e060149444659ca/white-house-fence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-WHITE HOUSE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Fleeing Robbery Arrested After Jumping White House Fence twitter:description: Not the smartest move twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddaecdb226f5df68/698890c58e060149444659ca/white-house-fence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Fleeing Robbery Arrested After Jumping White House Fence  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 26, 2016 11:31 PM CUT  The White House is seen through the fence on March 17 in Washington, DC. The White House is seen through the fence on March 17 in Washington, DC.Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 26, 2016 11:31 PM CUT A robbery suspect fleeing a crime scene in Washington D.C. on Tuesday [jumped a fence at the White House](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e5423aacd14c4513bb3c8fd1824d310c/white-house-briefly-locked-down-secret-service-clears-area "undefined") in an effort to escape, triggering a lockdown and leading to his arrest. The man—who has not been identified—fled a robbery that took place across the street, jumped a fence near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and was arrested by U.S. Secret Service officers, the Associated Press reported. President Barack Obama was at the White House at the time of the incident, and the complex was briefly placed on lockdown. The White House has [previously dealt with fence-jumpers](http://time.com/4127999/white-house-fence-jump/ "undefined"), and the Secret Service has attempted to step up security to prevent similar occurrences. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4308754/white-house-fence-jumper-robbery-suspect/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4308754/white-house-fence-jumper-robbery-suspect/"},"headline":"Man Fleeing Robbery Arrested After Jumping White House Fence","datePublished":"2016-04-26T23:31:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:03:31.393Z","description":"Not the smartest move","url":"https://time.com/4308754/white-house-fence-jumper-robbery-suspect/","keywords":["The White House","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddaecdb226f5df68/698890c58e060149444659ca/white-house-fence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddaecdb226f5df68/698890c58e060149444659ca/white-house-fence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-WHITE HOUSE","caption":"US-POLITICS-WHITE HOUSE","creditText":"Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images","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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-white-house/","name":"The White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4308754/white-house-fence-jumper-robbery-suspect/","name":"Man Fleeing Robbery Arrested After Jumping White House Fence"}}]}] ```