The spokesman, Ed Donovan, said Crudup would be charged with unlawful entry and contempt of court. The contempt charge was to be brought in connection with an order requiring the man to stay away from the White House. 
 
 Donovan said the man was “tackled immediately” by Secret Service officers, who provide security at the White House. 
 
 It was not clear why Crudup climbed the fence, and authorities did not think that he was armed. A backpack that apparently belonged to him was being examined Tuesday night, Donovan said. 
 
 CNN televised footage of the incident that showed a man prone on the White House lawn, a few feet from the metal picket fence. The man was in the custody of two uniformed Secret Service officers. 
 
 It could not be learned immediately where the president was at the time. The last event on his official schedule was set for 4:30 p.m. 
 
 Incidents such as Tuesday’s are not uncommon. In an unusual twist, a 6-year-old girl reached the lawn Sunday night by going not over the fence but through it. After slipping between the black metal pickets, she was escorted out to her parents by the Secret Service, authorities said. ||||| Washington (CNN) -- A man who jumped the White House fence on Tuesday was apprehended by uniformed Secret Service officers who approached him with guns drawn. 
 
 The incident was broadcast live on CNN's "John King USA" program, which was produced from the North Lawn of the White House on Tuesday night. 
 
 After the man jumped the fence, armed officers ordered him to lie down and then handcuffed him before taking him into custody. A backpack thrown over the fence and lying on the ground nearby was being checked by security officers, who locked down the area as a precaution. 
 
 The incident ended shortly after 9 p.m. ET when authorities issued an all-clear directive at the White House. 
 
 There was no immediate information on whether the intruder had represented a security threat. 
 
 According to the Secret Service, the detained man is James Dirk Crudup, 41, who is homeless. He will be charged with unlawful entry and contempt of court because he previously had been ordered to stay away from the White House due to past incidents, the agency said.
– A homeless man was arrested after hopping the White House fence Tuesday night in an incident captured by CNN's John King USA program, which was filming from the North Lawn. The man was quickly taken into custody by Secret Service agents who approached him with guns drawn. Security officers locked the area down after finding a backpack that had been thrown over the fence nearby. The 41-year-old intruder was charged with unlawful entry and contempt of court for breaking a judicial order requiring him to stay away from the White House. It's not uncommon for the White House fence to be breached, notes the Washington Post: A 6-year-old girl made it onto the White House lawn over the weekend by slipping through the fence instead of going over it. Secret Service agents returned her to her parents.