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WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who claimed to have a cellphone implanted in his head was convicted Friday of jumping a White House fence in a bid to meet former president Bill Clinton's daughter Chelsea. Shawn Cox, 29, of Mammoth Spring, Ark., was sentenced to 150 days in jail but a District of Columbia Superior Court judge suspended the sentence - with the stipulation Cox stay at least one block away from the executive mansion. He also was fined $50. Cox was arrested Dec. 4 after he scaled the spiked wrought-iron fence on the northern side of the White House....

A man who claimed to have a cell phone implanted in his head was convicted Friday of jumping a White House fence in a bid to meet Chelsea Clinton. Shawn A. Cox, 29, of Mammoth Spring, Ark., was sentenced to 150 days in jail, but a District of Columbia Superior Court judge suspended the sentence — with the stipulation that Cox stay at least one block away from the executive mansion. He also was fined $50. Cox was arrested Dec. 4 after he scaled the spiked wrought iron fence on the north side of the White House. The incident occurred...

Department Report Said Man Thought Clintons Lived There POSTED: 9:42 am EST December 9, 2005 UPDATED: 9:52 am EST December 9, 2005 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Arkansas man who was arrested after he jumped the fence onto the White House grounds this week reportedly was after Chelsea Clinton -- not anyone from President George W. Bush's family. According to a court-ordered report from the D.C. Department of Mental Health, Shawn Cox, 29, thought Clinton still lived at the White House. He thought he was destined to marry her. Slideshow: Alleged White House Jumper Clinton, of course, left the executive...

LITTLE ROCK - Court documents show an Arkansas man who jumped the fence at the White House was preoccupied with Chelsea Clinton, not any current occupants of the White House. A court-ordered mental report on 29-year-old Shawn Cox of Mammoth Spring says he believed that Chelsea Clinton still lived at the White House, and that he was destined to marry her. Clinton is the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton. Cox was arrested Sunday at the White House by the Secret Service after scaling the fence separating the mansion's north lawn from public sidewalks....

Arkansas Man Scales White House Fence 11 minutes ago A man from Arkansas scaled the fence surrounding the White House Sunday while President Bush was inside and was immediately captured by Secret Service officers. Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry identified the jumper as Shawn A. Cox. Cherry said Cox was being charged with unlawful entry and was expected to appear Monday in U.S. District Court. Cherry said he did not know where Cox was from in Arkansas or why he wanted to get on the White House grounds. He did not have a weapon, Cherry said.