Security officials placed the White House on a temporary lockdown Tuesday evening after a car followed a motorcade into a security checkpoint on Pennsylvania Avenue.
The car followed the motorcade carrying President Barack Obama's daughters into the heavily guarded checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue at around 4:40 p.m., CNN reported. Secret Service uniformed officers immediately stopped the car and arrested the male driver. The car did not make it through the White House's main gate.
The driver was later identified as Mathew Evan Goldstein, 55. He held a pass for the U.S. Treasury Building, which is located next to the White House, a source close to the incident told CNN. Video footage from the scene shows the suspect's car was a gray Honda Civic.
Goldstein is an employee of the Internal Revenue Service, Reuters reported.
The lockdown was lifted an hour later after the car was checked for explosives. No one was able to leave or enter White House grounds during that time.
"Everything at the White House has been cleared," a Secret Service spokesman told Reuters.
Evan was charged with unlawful entry and was handed over to local police for booking.
The motorcade was carrying Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia, who attend school nearby. Obama was in the White House at the time of the incident. According to his schedule he was meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry, CNN reported.
A law enforcement official familiar with the incident told the Associated Press he was not authorized to discuss the Obama family. Officials are still investigating the situation.
Though the security breach was not a severe threat, lockdowns are issued due to the strict security of the White House.
The White House was locked down in February when a man tried to jump over the fence, according to CNN. The lockdown was lifted after the man was searched and taken into custody.
