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.
A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, a Montgomery County resident, with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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