Bel Air Man Who Jumped White House Fence Pleads Guilty

The Bel Air man who scaled the White House fence last fall appeared in U.S. District Court Friday, where he reportedly entered a guilty plea.

Dominic Adesanya, 23, was stopped by Secret Service agents and K-9 officers on Oct. 22, 2014, after he jumped the fence at the White House.

He has been in police custody since his arrest, NBC reported.

As part of a plea agreement, Adesanya on Friday pleaded guilty to knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, which is a misdemeanor, The Washington Post reported.

The maximum sentence is one year in jail and a fine, according to NBC.

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Originally, Adesanya was charged with four counts of resisting arrest; two counts of assault on a police officer for punching a pair of K-9s; unlawful entry; and making threats, according to CNN.

At an October hearing, he had an outburst as he was being escorted from court, yelling: “Help! Help!” and saying, “I’m targeted.”

Adesanya’s father told ABC 2 News that his son is “mentally disturbed” and suffers from paranoia.

He graduated from Fallston High School in 2008 and in recent years attended Stevenson University, where his father told CNN that Adesanya’s sanity began to unravel after he wasn’t allowed to try out for the football team.

Over the winter, he was sent to a low-security North Carolina prison for a mental health evaluation, according to ABC.

He was found mentally incompetent to stand trial, reportedly believing the NSA and President Barack Obama had placed surveillance devices in lightbulbs and cell phones in his Bel Air home.

Sentencing is set for July 2, The Washington Post reports.

Photo of Dominic Adesanya/Instagram.

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