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Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case

By jfischler@statesnewsroom.com, States Newsroom · October 1, 2026

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…

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Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case

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