Intruder faced little resistance as Gov. Shapiro and his family slept
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April 18, 2025

Intruder faced little resistance as Gov. Shapiro and his family slept

A former FBI agent addresses the numerous security failures at the governor’s mansion.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The arsonist who broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s residence while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his extended family slept upstairs on the first night of Passover encountered little resistance as he scaled a security fence, smashed windows with a hammer, ignited two Molotov cocktails and crawled inside before slipping off into the night minutes later.

That suggests multiple security fai...

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