Bel Air Man Who Jumped White House Fence in Court

The Bel Air man who scaled the White House fence Wednesday has been seeing the courtroom a fair bit ever since.

Dominic Adesanya, 23, was reportedly in court Thursday for a bail review and Friday because of his previous visits to federal property. He is due back in court Monday.

Adesanya was captured on the North Lawn of the White House after 7 p.m. Wednesday, where he advanced several yards before K-9 officers and Secret Service Agents took him down, according to video of the event. He was reportedly unarmed.

At a hearing Thursday, a judge ordered Adesanya held without bail, according to the Associated Press. During the 12-minute bail review, Adesanya had to be shushed by court marshals multiple times for gesturing and muttering, according to The Washington Post. He is said to have mental problems.

On Friday, Adesanya was reportedly in court again, this time for charges stemming from July.

He reportedly jumped over a White House security barrier July 27 and told an officer he wanted cameras removed from his home, according to WJLA. He was taken into custody again July 30 when he refused to leave the Treasury Building and swung at officers, WJLA reported.

In the July events, Adesanya was charged with unlawful entry and two counts of assaulting an officer, The Washington Post said. He was ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device and adhere to a curfew, according to the Associated Press. He was also supposed to receive a mental health evaluation, WJLA reported.

Adesanya reportedly thought his surroundings were bugged and there were cameras everywhere. He has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and paranoia, his father told CNN.

Following the July arrests, Adesanya’s family checked him into Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, and he spent nearly two weeks in Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, according to The Washington Post. But the 23-year-old left the hospital because he no longer wanted treatment and never filled his prescriptions, his father told The Post.

Though he had a Sept. 9 court date for the July charges, Adesanya failed to appear, WJLA reported.

His family hopes the Oct. 22 fence jumping incident results in him getting help and continuing to treat his condition, according to reports.

“He needs professional medical help, not [to] be locked up like a prisoner...” his father told WBAL.

Adesanya’s mother said that her son may need to be committed involuntarily for treatment because “in his mind, he doesn’t know he’s sick,” according to The Washington Post.

A preliminary hearing regarding his detention is scheduled for Monday, according to WBAL.

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• Man Who Jumped White House Fence is from Bel Air
• Bel Air’s White House Fence Jumper Said to Be Mentally Ill

Secret Service presence outside the White House was ramped up following the Wednesday evening fence jump by a Bel Air man. Screenshot from YouTube video by WJLA/ABC 7 News.