The Secret Service arrested a government contractor outside the White House on an outstanding attempted murder warrant

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• The Secret Service arrested a private contractor after it was discovered he had an outstanding warrant on an attempted first-degree murder charge.
• Twenty-nine year-old Martese Edwards was arrested after reporting for work at the White House on Tuesday.
• The Prince Georges County sheriff's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday evening.

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A private contractor was arrested by the Secret Service after it was discovered he had an outstanding warrant on an attempted first-degree murder charge, according to multiple news reports published on Tuesday.

Twenty-nine year-old Martese Edwards was arrested after reporting for work at the White House, according to CBS News.

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