Intruder Arrested TWICE At RFK Jr.’s California Home
An intruder was arrested twice on Wednesday for attempting to enter independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Los Angeles home. And still the challenger to President Joe Biden does not have official protection.
The intruder was initially taken into custody after climbing a fence at the residence and reaching the second floor. After being released, he was arrested for a second time when he returned to the home, according to a press release issued by the Kennedy campaign.
The candidate was at home during both attempts to gain entry. Kennedy shares the residence with actress wife Cheryl Hines.
According to the statement, a private security detail “detected and detained the intruder, who asked to see the candidate.” The suspect was then handed over to LAPD but was released shortly thereafter.
It was then that he returned to Kennedy’s home. The press release said the security agency already notified the Secret Service several times in recent months about obsessive behavior of the suspect.
He reportedly sent “alarming” communications to Kennedy, who was a Democratic primary opponent against President Joe Biden before switching to an independent candidacy.
The release further noted that Kennedy’s campaign submitted several requests in recent months for Secret Service protection only to be denied. It said, “U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has refused to approve the protection.”
Kennedy’s father, Robert F. Kennedy, lost his life to a gunman in California in 1968 as he was running for president. His uncle, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Texas in 1963.
The candidate called for Secret Service protection again in September after a man appeared at a campaign event impersonating a police officer. Kennedy’s security detail detained 44-year-old Adrian Paul Aispuro, who was reportedly carrying two pistols.
His campaign sent another letter dated Thursday to Mayorkas with yet another request for protection. The message detailed threats to the candidate, including images of guns Aispuro allegedly brought to the September event and others later found in his home.
The communication noted several instances in which other candidates were provided with a Secret Service detail more than a year before the election.
