A federal magistrate judge on Monday released the woman accused of deliberately defacing the World War II Memorial, allowing her to leave custody on nothing more than a personal-recognizance bond.
Melissa L. Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, walked free on personal recognizance despite the Justice Department’s urgent request that she be held as a flight risk.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh rejected prosecutors’ arguments and cut her loose with conditions that include staying out of Washington except for court appearances, staying away from the memorial she is accused of desecrating, surrendering any passport, and reporting to…
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