A Bowie, Maryland, man is charged with scaling a security barrier at the White House.
According to court filings, 22-year-old Ryan Cain is accused of deliberately climbing over a barrier marked “Restricted Area Do Not Enter.”
In those same court filings, investigators said Cain claimed he had come to the White House to “collect his money” after hearing his name on a popular Washington, D.C., radio station.
A police report said Cain was stopped and questioned by Secret Service just before 7 a.m. Wednesday while walking along Pennsylvania Avenue.
Shortly after, Cain returned and breached the secure barrier, according to the police report.
He pleaded not guilty to unlawful entry in D.C. Superior Court Thursday. He is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 28.
Requests for comment from Cain's defense attorney were not immediately returned.
