A young man entered a restricted area of Mar-a-Lago through a tunnel and wandered around before being apprehended during President Donald Trump's Thanksgiving holiday at his Florida property.The man, Mark Slattery Lindblom, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to "knowingly" entering and staying in a restricted area on Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 23, 2018, the day after Thanksgiving, according to court filings.The filings say he entered Mar-a-Lago through a tunnel and stayed at the resort until he was discovered by Secret Service agents.At the time, he was staying with family at a "neighboring beachfront property."Lindblom was charged last December, according to the filings, and he pleaded guilty on Tuesday in an agreement with prosecutors. He was sentenced by a federal judge in Florida to one year probation and a $25 fine.The Palm Beach Post, which first reported Tuesday's plea, wrote that Lindblom is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Court documents say Lindblom was born in 2000.Lindblom's Mar-a-Lago breach came months before Yujing Zhang was charged with making false statements to a federal officer and entering a restricted area at the Florida club. According to the criminal complaint against Zhang, she allegedly lied her way through security at Mar-a-Lago and breached a "protective zone."Zhang, a Chinese woman who tried to enter the property when the president was not at the club, provided two passports to agents when trying to verify her identity to enter the club. Agents also found four cell phones, a laptop, an "external hard drive type device" and a thumb drive in Zhang's possession.Zhang pleaded not guilty to the charges. She was denied bond in April. Her trial has been delayed as she seeks to represent herself.After her arrest, court filings alleged that she was carrying a thumb drive with malware, but, according to prosecutors, it may have actually been a "false positive."

A young man entered a restricted area of Mar-a-Lago through a tunnel and wandered around before being apprehended during President Donald Trump's Thanksgiving holiday at his Florida property.



The man, Mark Slattery Lindblom, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to "knowingly" entering and staying in a restricted area on Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 23, 2018, the day after Thanksgiving, according to court filings.


The filings say he entered Mar-a-Lago through a tunnel and stayed at the resort until he was discovered by Secret Service agents.

At the time, he was staying with family at a "neighboring beachfront property."

Lindblom was charged last December, according to the filings, and he pleaded guilty on Tuesday in an agreement with prosecutors. He was sentenced by a federal judge in Florida to one year probation and a $25 fine.

The Palm Beach Post, which first reported Tuesday's plea, wrote that Lindblom is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Court documents say Lindblom was born in 2000.

Lindblom's Mar-a-Lago breach came months before Yujing Zhang was charged with making false statements to a federal officer and entering a restricted area at the Florida club. According to the criminal complaint against Zhang, she allegedly lied her way through security at Mar-a-Lago and breached a "protective zone."

Zhang, a Chinese woman who tried to enter the property when the president was not at the club, provided two passports to agents when trying to verify her identity to enter the club. Agents also found four cell phones, a laptop, an "external hard drive type device" and a thumb drive in Zhang's possession.

Zhang pleaded not guilty to the charges. She was denied bond in April. Her trial has been delayed as she seeks to represent herself.

After her arrest, court filings alleged that she was carrying a thumb drive with malware, but, according to prosecutors, it may have actually been a "false positive."