U.S. Says It Won’t Prosecute Marine
Federal officials will not prosecute a Marine who was arrested as he allegedly tried to scale the White House fence because he thought he was at his base south of Washington.
The Secret Service said Cpl. Jebediah Morris, 21, of Enid, Okla., was “extremely intoxicated” when arrested early Sunday and charged with unlawful entry. The U.S. attorney’s office decided Monday to drop the charge and leave any discipline to the Marines.
A Secret Service spokesman said an agent found Morris, who was unarmed, outside the fence before dawn. Queried, Morris told the officer he thought he was at the Quantico Marine Base in suburban Virginia. A few minutes later, Morris allegedly tried to climb the fence but was restrained.
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