Secret Service nabs toddler who squeezed through White House fence

US Secret Service stepped into enactment connected Tuesday aft a toddler slipped done the bars of robust fencing surrounding the White House.

Officers swept crossed the North Lawn to retrieve the child, who had entered from the northbound broadside of the lawn.

The child's feet dangled successful the aerial arsenic an serviceman carried him backmost to his parents connected Pennsylvania Avenue.

Access to the White House was temporarily restricted portion the pint-size occupation was resolved.

President Biden was wrong the enforcement mansion astatine the clip of the information breach, according to his nationalist schedule.

Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi reported officers "encountered a funny young visitor".

"The White House information systems instantly triggered Secret Service officers and the toddler and parents were rapidly reunited," Mr Guglielmi said successful a statement.

Officers reportedly questioned the parents concisely earlier the household resumed their day.

The $64m obstruction astir the enforcement mansion is 13ft (3.9m) tall. It's astir treble the size of its erstwhile height, which was accrued during a caller operation task to heighten White House safety. It is not lone taller - the gaps betwixt posts are besides wider by an inch.

In 2014, different toddler - dubbed the "fence baby" - uninvitingly crept onto White House grounds.

"We were going to hold until helium learned to speech to question him, but successful lieu of that helium got a timeout and was sent connected [his] mode with his parents," a Secret Service spokesperson said, according to USA Today.