Washington (CNN) -- A man tried to jump the White House fence on Friday, causing a brief lockdown while he was apprehended, law enforcement officials said. 
 
 Police declared the incident over after checking a briefcase and taking the man into custody. He was not identified. 
 
 President Barack Obama was not at the White House at the time. He was in Michigan for a speech and the signing of the farm bill. ||||| The 2:45 p.m. incident forced police to shut down Pennsylvania Avenue, which is open only to pedestrians, for more than a hour, and put the White House on lockdown. 
 
 Ed Donovan, another spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, said the incident occurred along the north perimeter of the White House. He said Secret Service agents and officers with the U.S. Park Police pulled the man down before he got over the fence. 
 
 The man was not immediately identified because charges had not yet been placed. 
 
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– Authorities say a man has been arrested trying to climb a fence at the White House this afternoon. The Secret Service says the unidentified man was apprehended before he could get over the fence along the north perimeter. He had two bags with him, and an agency spokesperson say they contained nothing dangerous but wouldn't elaborate, reports the Washington Post. No charges have been announced. The incident shut down Pennsylvania Avenue for about an hour as the White House went into lockdown mode. President Obama was in Michigan at the time, notes CNN.