( CNN ) -- An Idaho man who admitted trying to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House received a 25-year prison sentence on Monday . Oscar Ortega-Hernandez , 23 , appeared in federal court after pleading guilty in September to terrorism and weapons charges . He had been originally indicted on 17 criminal counts . Prosecutors had charged Ortega-Hernandez with firing a Romanian-made assault rifle out of the window of his car the evening of November 11 , 2011 . After sending a number of rounds toward the White House , he sped away toward a bridge leading to the Virginia suburbs , but crashed his vehicle and fled on foot , officials said . The government said Ortega-Hernandez 's fingerprints were found on ammunition magazines left in a 1998 Honda , but not on the weapon itself , which also was left in the car . Neither the President nor his family were at home at the time of the incident . `` This man drove cross-country to launch an assault rifle attack on the White House from Constitution Avenue , '' said U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen , whose office prosecuted the case . `` He was motivated by hatred for the President and the desire to start a revolution against the federal government . `` We are very fortunate that his bullets narrowly missed the U.S. Secret Service officers guarding the White House that night . This 25-year prison sentence demonstrates that anyone who comes to the nation 's capital planning to use violence should expect to spend decades behind bars . '' Ortega-Hernandez was captured at a Pennsylvania motel five days after the incident . In court documents , prosecutors argued Ortega-Hernandez was dangerous and planned out his alleged crime over a period of months . According to the FBI , Ortega-Hernandez 's friends reported that he made anti-government statements beginning in 2010 . Officials said he believed the federal government was trying to control Americans through GPS , fluoride and aspartame . He was also angry at what he believed was U.S. bullying of other countries , including in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq , and claimed that the President was the `` anti-Christ '' and told friends he was `` on a mission from God to take out Obama . ''
Idaho man admitted that he wanted to kill the President . Oscar Ortega-Hernandez pleaded guilty to terror , weapons charges stemming from 2011 incident . He fired a number of rounds at the White House from assault rifle , authorities said .