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Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case

NC NewslineBy Jennifer ShuttOctober 1, 2026

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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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