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White House Intruder Attended Orange Calif High School
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| Omar J. Gonzalez Source: www.allgov.com |
By Scott Schwebke, Sept. 22, 2014, Ocregister.com
ORANGE – A former soldier accused of scaling a White House fence and making his way inside Friday with a knife attended Orange High School and played on the school’s football team, according to several classmates and a former coach.
Omar J. Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, Texas, was a member of the Class of ’91, several classmates said on Facebook.
“Holy crap!! Omar Gonzalez, class of 91 was the White House intruder!,” one Facebook poster said. “I am in total shock!”
Tom Meiss, football head coach at Orange in 1989 and ’90, was contacted Monday where he recalled Gonzalez’s playing days at Orange High. He said he was unaware that Gonzalez was a suspect in the White House incident until contacted by a Register reporter.
Gonzalez was a junior reserve fullback/linebacker on the 1989 team that lost to Trabuco Hills in the CIF-Southern Section Division 8 championship game, Meiss said.
“I think he was a fullback and linebacker,” said Meiss, who has not had contact with Gonzalez since graduation. “He doesn’t jump out in my memory as one of our star players. He wasn’t a problem, he wasn’t any trouble. He just seemed like just another guy.”
ORANGE – A former soldier accused of scaling a White House fence and making his way inside Friday with a knife attended Orange High School and played on the school’s football team, according to several classmates and a former coach.
Omar J. Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, Texas, was a member of the Class of ’91, several classmates said on Facebook.
“Holy crap!! Omar Gonzalez, class of 91 was the White House intruder!,” one Facebook poster said. “I am in total shock!”
Tom Meiss, football head coach at Orange in 1989 and ’90, was contacted Monday where he recalled Gonzalez’s playing days at Orange High. He said he was unaware that Gonzalez was a suspect in the White House incident until contacted by a Register reporter.
Gonzalez was a junior reserve fullback/linebacker on the 1989 team that lost to Trabuco Hills in the CIF-Southern Section Division 8 championship game, Meiss said.
“I think he was a fullback and linebacker,” said Meiss, who has not had contact with Gonzalez since graduation. “He doesn’t jump out in my memory as one of our star players. He wasn’t a problem, he wasn’t any trouble. He just seemed like just another guy.”
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