Judge formally dismisses Reflecting Pool charge against Olympian
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A local judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday formally dismissed the felony charge accusing Olympic canoeist David Hearn of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro backed away from the case.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro moved Friday to dismiss charges against a former Olympian canoeist alleged to have damaged part of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The DC US Attorney’s Office led by Jeanine Pirro moved to drop vandalism charges against the canoeist David Hearn Friday. It also dropped cases against three additional people it had claimed damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, according to court filings from Pirro.
Prosecutors dropped their case against David Hearn on Friday, blaming Reflecting Pool damage on a “botched installation” rather than vandalism. That has implications for other people who were charged. (Image credit: Finn Gomez)
Charges have now been dropped against all four defendants who were accused of vandalizing the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The Justice Department had previously moved to dismiss the charges against former Olympian David Hearn, saying that the damage to the pool was the result…
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Monday moved to drop its charges against more people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, shortly after dropping a similar case against a former Olympian canoeist. Prosecutors led by U.S.
Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., dropped criminal charges against three remaining people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, days after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office abandoned a felony case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn.
Judge Todd Edelman of the Superior Court in Washington approved the Justice Department's request to drop the vandalism charge against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn in a two-page order.
The Justice Department moved to dismiss the destruction of property charge against David Hearn last week due to a lack of evidence, a move President Donald Trump criticized as “a disgrace.”
A local judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday formally dismissed the felony charge accusing Olympic canoeist David Hearn of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro backed away from the case.
The court case surrounding former Olympic canoeist David Hearn and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has been officially dismissed, court records showed Thursday.
By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A judge on Thursday officially tossed out a case the Justice Department brought against former Olympian David Hearn, whom they had accused of feloniously vandalizing the Reflecting Pool earlier this summer.
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