(N.Morgan) Another person has been caught trying to break into the White House, via by scaling the fence.
The suspect was carrying a suspicious package was arrested on Sunday night in Washington D.C. for jumping a White House fence.
The Jerome R. Hunt, of Hayward, California, was immediately arrested and taken into custody.
The incident is the latest in a series of breaches of White House security.
On March 4, two Secret Service officers allegedly drove their cars into the White House barrier, while on September 2014, a man jumped the fence and managed to run through several the White House rooms until he was stopped.
To deter new jumpers, the federal government plans to equip the White House fences with temporary half-inch steel spikes, tilted at a 5-degree angle, CBS News reported.
More permanent solutions are also being considered.
Architects have been hired by the federal government not only to replace the old fence but also to renovate vehicular access points and pedestrian areas around the building, the Washington Post reported.
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