White House Fence Jumper Can Return to College: Report

The 22-year-old Stamford man who was arrested after jumping over the White House fence on Thanksgiving Day reportedly will be able to finish his classes at the University of Bridgeport.

This week Joe Caputo has been able to make arrangements to complete his classes and take exams at the University of Bridgeport where he’s studying criminal justice and martial arts, his lawyer Stephan Seeger told The Advocate.

Caputo returned to Stamford on Monday and on Tuesday he received an email from the university notifying him that he was “persona non grata” and was barred from returning to campus, Seeger told the newspaper.

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Caputo was arrested Thanksgiving Day after he was able to hop over the spiked fence lining the perimeter of the White House. He was cloaked in an American flag and clinched a binder containing his rewritten version of the Constitution between his teeth when he jumped the fence — an image photographed by bystanders.

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Caputo has been ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device and not to return to Washington except for court appearances.