an iraq war veteran pleaded  guilty on friday to charges of running into the white house  armed with a knife before being tackled, a security breach that  helped lead to a shake up in the us secret service omar gonzalez of copperas cove, texas, was charged with climbing over the white house  fence on september 19 and racing across the north lawn he now faces up to ten years in prison for illegal entry charge and eight years for an assault accusation, plus $3,000 to $30,000 in fines during his rampage, gonzalez burst through the front door of the white house and reached as far as the executive mansion's east room before secret service agents subdued him omar gonzalez of copperas cove, texas, pleaded guilty on friday to charges of running into the white house armed with a knife before being tackled  during his court hearing on friday, us district judge rosemary collyer asked  gonzalez, who was dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit: 'are you guilty? 'yes, yes, your honor,' the suspect replied he gave his age as 43, though prosecutors had said  he was 42 gonzalez was carrying a folding knife when he was arrested  and told a secret service agent that he needed to tell president  barack obama that the atmosphere was collapsing the obamas were  not in the white house when the incident occurred gonzalez, who has no prior convictions and suffers from  post traumatic stress disorder, pleaded guilty to federal  charges of illegal entry with a dangerous weapon and assault on  a federal officer gonzalez made it all the way to the east room of the first floor of the white house on september 19 after he got past five rings of security and sprinted across the 70 yard front lawn – only being apprehended because an off duty secret service agent was present  collyer said prosecutors and the defense had agreed that  sentencing guidelines called for 12 to 18 months in prison and  possible fines sentencing is set for june 8 gonzalez will also undergo supervised release after he  leaves prison, and conditions include avoiding contact with the  secret service, collyer said the security breach was among a series of embarrassments for  the secret service, which is charged with guarding the president  and his family this october 1, 2014, courtroom artist rendering shows us magistrate judge deborah robinson, left, presiding during omar j gonzalez's , center, case in court in washington  members of the secret service keep watch near the north portico entrance to the white house in washington on september 22,  days after gonzalez's break in  the agency's director stepped down in october in the most recent incident, two senior agents are under  investigation after driving a government car through an area at  the white house where colleagues were investigating a suspicious  package michael mccaul, chairman of the house of representatives  homeland security committee, said in a statement the car crash  allegations added to incidents that had caused americans to  question confidence in the agency but he said he was encouraged that the agency had asked the  homeland security department's inspector general to investigate  the incident 'my committee will continue its oversight to help  restore the integrity of the secret service,' he said
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omar gonzalez of copperas cove, texas, was charged with climbing over the white house fence on september 19 and racing across the north lawn . he now faces up to ten years in prison for illegal entry charge and eight years for assault, plus hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines . gonzalez was carrying a folding knife when he was arrested and told a secret service agent that he needed to tell president barack obama that the atmosphere was collapsing . gonzalez, who has no prior convictions, suffers from ptsd 