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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Ex-Olympian who touched Reflecting Pool charged with felony destruction of property by Trump’s DOJ

A former Olympic athlete has been charged with destruction of property after he was arrested for reaching into the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and grabbing a flap of broken-off blue liner.

David Hearn, a two-time whitewater racing world champion who competed in the canoe slalom at three Olympic Games, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday in D.C. Superior Court on one felony charge, according to court records.

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