Federal prosecutors charged Melissa L. Farris with two felonies after she allegedly spray-painted a message on the World War II Memorial and poured bubble soap into its fountain, the latest in a string of attacks on Washington's most revered monuments. DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the charges Friday, moving swiftly after the vandalism was […] The post Woman faces two felony charges for defacing World War II Memorial with graffiti and soap appeared first on American Almanac .
Federal prosecutors charged Melissa L. Farris with two felonies after she allegedly spray-painted a message on the World War II Memorial and poured bubble soap into its fountain, the latest in a string of attacks on Washington's most revered monuments. DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the charges Friday, moving swiftly after the vandalism was discovered Thursday afternoon at the memorial on the eastern end of the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool. Farris was in federal custody by Friday morning, the New York Post reported , facing two counts that each carry up to ten years in prison: depredation against property of the United States, and destruction of veterans' memorials. The memorial, a granite tribute to the more than 400,000…Open
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The ex-Olympian accused of damaging the reflecting pool tells NPR the experience has been "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque." And it's not over yet: His lawyers are fighting to close the case permanently.Open
