Embarrassment for the embattled secret service. Two agents allegedly drove into a barricade near the white house. According to the washington post, they were drunk, in a government vehicle after attending a Retirement Party last week for a fellow secret service agent. Officers on duty wanted to arrest them, but a supervisor let them go home. It comes as a brandnew director heads the secret service. I think when you fail, and we have failed we own it. Its up to us to correct it. Reporter strong words from Joseph Clancy whose agency is on major damage control. Before this incident there was the prostitution investigation into more than a dozen agents in columbia in 2012. Agents drunk on president ial detail in amsterdam in 2014. Just months after that perhaps the most embarrassing a man who scaled the white house fence making it to a stairway leading to the first familys living headquarters. The white house is going to be secure. Reporter the white house will only say that president obam
At 2 00 a. M. Small boats from the coast guard and other state and federal agencies joining in the search. Their mission complicateed by fog in the area this morning. We have found some debris from the aircraft. The fog is obviously hampering the Recovery Efforts and thats where were the right now. Reporter defense secretary Ashton Carter confirming there were four soldiers and seven marines on board. Our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families as the search and rescue continues. Continues. Report reminder to us that those who serve put themselves at risk both in training and in combat. Reporter there was no sign of any mid air collision. A second black hawk helicopter on the Training Mission returned safely. The seven marines all stationed at camp lejeune in north carolina. The four crew members were Louisiana National guard veterans every multiple combat tours in iraq and highly trained. The president reassure the commanders of the nations deep appreciation for the many
Officers searched room by room only to find no victims. It was all a hoax. And its part of a dangerous trend thats even hit hearing g evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell spoke to concerned police in our area. Chris. Thats right, lucy. What happened at the rappers home in miami is eye phenomenon Law Enforcement becoming all too many with. Seemingly harmless crime that police say puts lives in danger. The calls come over 911 or social media. Immediate chaos. Theres been a shooting a hostage being held or an abduction. And as swat teams descend on the scene, and buildings evacuated the call turns out to be hoax. It creates a kind of a catastrophic event thats pranked. The not real. Reporter its called swatting. When someone makes a bogus call to lure police into respond. Upper darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood says its happened here. A call that a woman was abducted on marlboro road. We respond. We surround the house. We then gingerly knock on the door. A
Theres been a shooting a hostage being held or an abduction. And as swat teams descend on the scene, and buildings evacuated the call turns out to be hoax. It creates a kind of a catastrophic event thats pranked. The not real. Reporter its called swatting. When someone makes a bogus call to lure police into respond. Upper darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood says its happened here. A call that a woman was abducted on marlboro road. We respond. We surround the house. We then gingerly knock on the door. And sure enough, the owner of the house comes in. Theres nobody in here. You guys can come in. We go in and get a consent search look through the house it turns out to be nothing. Reporter chitwood says swatting puts not only law ends are force many but citizens in danger san huge waste of money. I mean its something that could be used to commit a crime too. Send all the resources to one end of town and commit a robbery of a bank. Reporter high profile celebrities like Ryan Seacrest
Good evening. And we begin this wednesday night with breaking news from the white house. Two secret Service Agents now under investigation, facing allegations they were driving under the influence in a government vehicle and hit a barrier outside the white house. This comes after a string of troubling incidents. That Security Breach a man sprinting across the white house lawn making it through the front door past the staircase that leads to the first familys living quarters. Tonight, the new case involving two agents one of those, a Senior Member of president s obamas protective detail. Jonathan karl live at the white house with breaking details. Jon . Reporter good evening, david. What we know is that these two agents were at a party for a retiring agent when they allegedly, driving in a secret service vehicle, under the infrunsin influence of alcohol, hit a barricade. And the Washington Post is reporting, they broke this story, they are reporting that agents witnessed this and wanted