Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case
A judge ruled that prosecutors cannot refile charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn for damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
WASHINGTON — A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Judge Todd E. Edelman wrote in his ruling that “the observed damage to the Reflecting Pool was due to a contractor’s ‘rushed and botched’ installation of […]
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