Former US Olympian David Hearn indicted in alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism
Former U.S. Olympian David Hearn was indicted after allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, though he claims he only touched the blue liner.
Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David "Davey" Hearn has been indicted on a felony destruction of property charge after his arrest last month at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Hearn, a former U.S. Olympic canoeist, was charged Thursday in D.C. Superior Court following the incident on June 19.
Hearn has denied damaging the recently renovated Reflecting Pool, saying he stopped during a bike ride and merely touched a loose piece of the peeling blue coating "to satisfy my curiosity as a citizen."
The indictment comes after several people were arrested or cited in connection with damage to the Reflecting Pool, which underwent a more than $14 million rehabilitation project under President Donald Trump.
The president had previously blamed vandals for the damage to the pool, which features a blue coating he calls "American flag blue."
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