May 22 (UPI) -- The National Park Service on Tuesday identified the man who crashed a vehicle into the security barricade outside of Lafayette Park near the White House as a 19-year-old from Missouri.
Authorities took Sai Varshith Kandula, of Chesterfield, Mo., into custody on Monday and charged him with assault with a dangerous weapon, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, threatening to kill/kidnap/inflict harm on a president, vice president, or family member, destruction of federal property, and trespassing.