The latest person to climb over the White House fence had the paranoid belief he was being watched by cameras and had previously been arrested at the executive mansion, his father says.
Dominic Adesanya was ordered to be held without bond in an appearance on Thursday before a US judge.
Wearing blue prison garb, he resisted being taken away and started talking as two deputy marshals removed him from the courtroom.
Adesanya, 23, has been charged with two federal offences: unlawfully entering the restricted grounds of the White House and harming two law enforcement dogs that were released to take him down.
A preliminary hearing and detention hearing have been scheduled for Monday.
The incident came about a month after a previous White House fence jumper, Omar Gonzalez, sprinted across the same lawn carrying a knife, ran past armed uniformed agents and entered the mansion before being felled in the East Room and taken into custody.
This week a federal judge delayed his arraignment because of questions about his mental fitness to stand trial.
The embarrassing September 19 incident preceded the disclosure of other serious Secret Service breaches in security for President Barack Obama and ultimately led to Julia Pierson's resignation as director of the agency after 18 months on the job.
Adesanya had previously been arrested at the White House on July 27 and ordered to undergo mental health screening.
His father, Victor Adesanya, says his son has been experiencing mental health problems for over a year, but he refused the help the family tried to get for him.
Victor Adesanya said his son was diagnosed with paranoia and "complained about cameras everywhere".
"He's not violent. He's not a criminal. He's not a murderer. He's just someone that's just mentally disturbed," he said.
Court records from Dominic Adesanya's July arrest show he told an officer that he wanted cameras that had been placed in his home removed.
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