WASHINGTON — The man accused of running deep into the White House during a major security breach in September faces three additional charges after a grand jury approved a new indictment Thursday.
Omar Gonzalez, a 42-year-old Iraq War veteran, now faces two federal counts of assaulting officers and one District of Columbia count of possessing a large-capacity ammunition magazine, which is banned in the district. These new charges are in addition to three counts previously returned by the grand jury, which included entering a restricted building and carrying a deadly weapon.
The new charges were added as the investigation continued, according to Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
In a security lapse that helped lead to the resignation of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson this month, Gonzalez scaled the White House fence Sept. 19 and ran into the building through a front door that had been left unlocked, authorities said. He was tackled by two Secret Service officers after running a distance into the building.
