- An intruder was arrested for trying to break into the home of Robert F. Kennedy and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines
- The incident happened Wednesday morning at the couple’s home in Brentwood, California
- It was unclear if Kennedy was home at the time, but Hines was in the building
An intruder was arrested twice for showing up at the home of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Los Angeles, which he shares with his actress wife Cheryl Hines.
The man was arrested after climbing a fence to gain access to the Brentwood property and was detained by Kennedy’s private security force, his 2024 campaign said.
He was then turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department.
After being released from police custody, the man tried to gain access to Kennedy’s property again because he wanted to see the candidate.
He was then arrested for the second time.
An intruder was arrested Wednesday for trying to break into the home of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his actress wife Cheryl Hines
Kennedy was home during both incidents, according to the campaign.
Kennedy’s security team, provided by Gavin de Becker and Associates, “has alerted the Secret Service several times in recent months to this particular obsessed individual and shared alarming messages he sent to the candidate,” his campaign said.
TMZ initially reported the arrestwith sources saying Hines had also been home.
For months, Kennedy — who entered the presidential race as a Democrat in April but switched to an independent bid earlier this month — has asked for Secret Service protection.
He did that again on Thursday.
His father, Robert F. Kennedy, was killed by a gunman in 1968 while running for president.
His uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963 during his first term in the White House.
The 2024 hopeful had requested Secret Service protection in September after a man was arrested after showing up at a Kennedy campaign event with two guns and posing as a police officer.
Once again, Kennedy’s private security detail arrested the man – 44-year-old Adrian Paul Aispuro.
“While it is a well-known historical fact, in your case it is apparently worth repeating: Mr. Kennedy’s uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. Mr. Kennedy’s father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated while running for president,” Kennedy’s campaign manager, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, said at the time.
In September, Kennedy praised his Gavin de Becker and Associates team and the Los Angeles Police Department, but said he was “still hopeful that President Biden would grant me Secret Service protection.”
Presidents do not decide which presidential candidates receive Secret Service protection.
That decision was made by the Department of Homeland Security.
In a letter dated Thursday, a representative of the Kennedy campaign wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas asking for Secret Service protection to be reinstated.