Secret Service arrests armed woman outside White House

An armed Michigan woman was arrested outside the White House on Thursday night.

A group of Secret Service police gather on the North Lawn as a member of the Secret Service Counter Assault team surveys from the White House rooftop, Oct. 22, 2014, in Washington, D.C.
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By Kristen Welker, Kristen Welker and M. Johnson, M. Alex Johnson

An armed Michigan woman was arrested outside the White House on Thursday night, a law enforcement source told NBC News. The woman, who was identified as April Lenhart, 23, and isn't cooperating with investigators, was arrested after plainclothes Secret Service agents spotted her with a 9 mm handgun in a holster along the White House's north fence line, a Secret Service official said.

Lenhart was held on suspicion of possession of an unregistered firearm, the official said. A second person who was with her wasn't arrested.

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