A woman who was arrested with a handgun outside of the White House Thursday night has been charged with a felony , accused of carrying a pistol without a license . April Debois , 23 , of Mount Morris , Michigan , faces up to five years in prison after the Secret Service arrested her just minutes after President Barack Obama delivered his immigration speech . Debois , who was initially identified by authorities as April Lenhart , made her first court appearance on Friday in Superior Court . She will spend the weekend in jail and will be back in front of a judge on Monday morning . Her brother told CNN 's Pamela Brown that he is stunned by her arrest . His sister is a caring person and an Obama supporter , he told CNN . He has no idea why she went to the White House , allegedly carrying a gun . Secret Service agents searched her home in Michigan on Friday . CNN affiliate WJRT said reporters saw agents remove a long gun from the house and another item that was wrapped in plastic . Debois was arrested at about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday on Pennsylvania Avenue near the North Lawn of the White House after she was spotted with a gun holstered under her shirt , Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said . A court document described the weapon as a purple and silver 9mm pistol . The incident occurred as dozens of people were demonstrating outside the White House after the President delivered his immigration speech at 8 p.m . The people rallying outside the White House were moved off of Pennsylvania Avenue as the arrest was made , Donovan said . Man arrested at White House after weapon , ammunition found in car .
April Debois faces up to five years in prison . She was initially ID 'd as April Lenhart . She is in jail as she awaits a Monday court date .