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“Little is known about the defendant’s background and criminal history in Canada,” Zimmerman wrote.

Little is known about the defendant’s background and criminal history in Canada

“It’s certainly troubling that the defendant took the unusual steps of traveling from Canada to the District of Columbia, walking to the White House complex, physically moving a security barrier at an entrance to the White House, and attempting to gain access to the President.”

Georgopoulos, whose age and hometown in Canada were not released, was arrested shortly after midnight — at 12:14 a.m., on Jan. 2 — making his case the first federal criminal complaint of the year in Washington, D.C. The location on the complaint makes it even more distinctive: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Georgopoulos was confronted by a Secret Service agent at the White House after he approached a bicycle rack used as a security barrier to help protect the north fence line of the official residence and workplace of the U.S. president.

The rack is marked with signs saying “No Trespassing Authorized Personnel Only” and “Restricted Area Do Not Enter,” according to Secret Service agent Brenton Brown’s sworn statement, filed in court.

Ignoring the signs, Georgopoulos physically moved the barrier and stepped into the restricted area, according to the statement. Brown called for him to step back out of the White House grounds.

Georgopoulos then said, according to the statement, he “was here to see the ‘President’ and wanted to deliver two bottles of Crown Royal alcohol to him.”