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Ohio Man Pleads Not Guilty To White House Security Breach

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published July 26, 2013 at 11:57 AM EDT

A Kettering man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of crashing his SUV into steel barriers near the White House last month. 32-year-old Joseph Reel says he has bipolar disorder. Secret Service agents say they found 200 rounds of ammunition in his SUV and he was attempting to spray paint a "Don't Tread On Me" snake on the White House. A trial date is pending. Reel has posted two videos on line featuring him making an anti-government rant and delivering a message to his infant son.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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