A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday formally dismissed the felony criminal case against former three-time Olympian David Hearn over alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd E. Edelman, an Obama appointee, granted the government’s motion and dismissed the indictment against Hearn.
The order comes after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office moved last week to drop the charges, citing newly produced Interior Department documents that prosecutors said pointed to a “botched installation” by the contractor rather than deliberate vandalism.
However, Edelman postponed deciding whether the dismissal should be with prejudice, which would prevent prosecutors from attempting to charge Hearn again over the...
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