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Woman is indicted on two charges over World War II Memorial vandalism
Melissa Farris faces two felony counts after prosecutors said she spray-painted the monument and filled a fountain with bubbles, officials said.
- A federal grand jury indicted Melissa Farris of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, on Thursday on two felony counts for destroying The World War II Memorial on the National Mall. She faces arraignment next week.
- On August 13, Farris allegedly spray-painted "Clean hands dirty $." on the Memorial and filled a fountain with bubbles. This graffiti serves as a focal point in the federal indictment.
- In late July, the Justice Department dismissed charges against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after evidence refuted the vandalism claims. This precedent underscores the evidentiary bar for monument cases.
- President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that "Our beautiful World War II Memorial was just hit by Spray Painting Vandals," while linking the damage to unverified claims about the nearby Reflecting Pool.
- Farris was ordered released after her initial court appearance on August 17. Her attorney did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday.
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Kentucky woman indicted on charges she damaged the World War II Memorial in Washington
A Kentucky woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that she intentionally damaged the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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