23-year-old woman with holstered gun arrested outside White House during demonstration
WASHINGTON – A Michigan woman carrying a gun was arrested outside the White House just after President Barack Obama completed a nationally broadcast speech announcing his plan for the U.S. immigration system.
The Secret Service says that its officers arrested 23-year-old April Lenhart of Mount Morris, Michigan around 8:30 p.m. EST Thursday. They say she was participating in a demonstration along the north fence outside the White House complex when agents spotted a holstered handgun on her front hip.
Authorities say that Lenhart faces charges of having an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition, and carrying a pistol without a license.
Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback says Lenhart made no statements.
It isn’t immediately clear whether Lenhart has an attorney.
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