News: White House jumper, Dominic Adesanya wanted to talk to President Obama about spy devices, father says

You remember Dominic Adesanya, the 23 year old guy who jumped the White House fence?
Well, the first time Dominic tried to speak to President Obama about the spying devices supposedly stashed in the Adesanya home, his father said Adesanya hopped on a Megabus and headed to Washington, where he had a run-in at the White House.

So when his 23-year-old son swiped a key to the family’s car about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and stormed out of their Bel Air, Md., home, Victor Adesanya grew anxious. He called his son’s phone repeatedly for hours but got no answer.

Then, he saw the news. An intruder had jumped the White House fence and fought Secret Service dogs, generating national headlines and forcing the executive mansion to be locked down. Victor Adesanya’s heart sank.
“I knew that was him,” the father said. “I didn’t think he’d go back to the White House.”
Dominic Adesanya made his first appearance in federal court in the District on Thursday to face misdemeanor charges related to the incident, as his family’s struggle to contain Adesanya’s mental illness burst into public view.
Adesanya was charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds and one count of injuring animals used by law enforcement. Each count is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail. He will undergo a psychiatric screening and have a detention hearing on Monday.
Adesanya, wearing a blue jail jumpsuit, appeared intermittently calm and agitated during the 12-minute hearing, at several points speaking out loud and shaking his head or moving his hands in apparent disagreement with the judge’s remarks or in conversation with his attorney. Court marshals had to caution him at several points.
Victor Adesanya said his son had been on a downward slide for about a year, since he was not allowed to try out for the football team at Stevenson University in Maryland where he was taking classes. It had been his son’s dream to be a wide receiver.

Exterior of the house where Dominic Adesanya lives at 813 West Farrow Court in Bel Air, Md. He was arrested Wednesday for allegedly jumping the White House fence.

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