Drone enters restricted White House airspace
FILE - The north lawn of the White House is seen in Washington, DC. (DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON - The Secret Service conducted precautionary sweeps on Wednesday morning after a drone crossed into a restricted area near the White House.
Anthony Guglielmi, the Chief of Communications for the United States Secret Service, confirmed the intrusion in a statement.
"Thanks to everyone for the information & support as agents and uniformed officers assessed the situation," Guglielmi tweeted.
It was unknown if President Biden was in the White House at the time.
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No further details were released, including if the drone was recovered by agents.
This isn't the first drone scare at the White House. In 2015 a two-foot-long "quadcopter" drone crashed onto the White House grounds.
That incident prompted a lockdown of the grounds until officials declared the drone not to be a security threat.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.