Chicago, September 24, 5 a.m., Barack Obama’s house. Nothing out of the ordinary so far, until the officers in charge with Obama’s security perimeter saw a man driving up to the front of the perimeter. He was told to drive away, and the man complied.

He returned, however, later that morning, in a state of apparent inebriety. Seeing his determination to be stationed in front of the candidate’s home and fearing the worst, the officers followed the protocol of such situations and proceeded to search the man’s car. Upon this investigation, the officer who searched the car came across a gun and a bulletproof vest. These findings led to the arrest of the man identified as Omhari Sengstacke, a convicted felon, yet member of a high up Chicago family (his grandfather was late Chicago Defender publisher John Sengstacke) reports the Chicago Sun Times.

On this occasion, he was charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and criminal trespassing to state land, as the police has stated. In 2004, he was charged with theft, and in 2006, with forgery, but only received probation on these two accounts.

To understand the importance of this event, we must go back a month, to the Democratic Convention in Denver, where three men were charged with drug and gun possession. One of the men claimed an assassination of the candidate was in store that day. Despite this claim, the confession was considered fiction by the U.S. attorney in Colorado, as these men lacked the ability to plan and carry out an assassination.

However far-fetched death threats to a Presidential Candidate appear, the Secret Services always take them seriously and security increases after such an event. One cannot help but wonder if it was pure tough luck that led Omhari to cruising around Obama’s house or if there was something else involved.