A Pennsylvania man injured in a confrontation near the White House has pled guilty to resisting or impeding certain officers or employees with a dangerous weapon.
Jesse A. Olivieri, 31, of Ashland, Pennsylvania, entered his plea to the federal charge on Sept. 6 before the Honorable Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia while at a hospital in Washington, D.C., where he continues treatment related to injuries sustained in the May 20 incident.
Though no sentencing date is set, Olivieri faces a likely range of eight to 14 months in prison and a potential fine of up to $40,000 after breaching the security gate near the southwest grounds of the White House while openly holding a loaded, silver .22-caliber semi-automatic handgun.
Officers with the U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division repeatedly ordered Olivieri to halt, but he continued to advance, so an agent shot him once. An empty holster, rounds of ammunition and a canister of pepper spray were found by law enforcement inside Olivieri’s car, located on the 1600 block of Constitution Avenue NW.
U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Robert D. MacLean, chief of the United States Park Police, announced the plea, commending the work of those in the U.S. Park Police, the Secret Service, the FBI’s Washington Field Office, the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office involved in the altercation and ensuing investigation and prosecution.
Armed man shot approaching White House pleads to federal charge
