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A 67-year-old had been charged with felony vandalism in US federal court.
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A 67-year-old had been charged with felony vandalism in US federal court.
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Federal prosecutors searched for evidence and found that “a botched installation” was to blame.
Read this reportFederal prosecutors moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with ripping the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the damage was caused by "botched installation and not vandalism."
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The government had accused David Hearn of ripping a piece of sealant after a $14-million renovation. Hearn has repeatedly said that he simply touched the water in the pool out of curiosity last month.
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AIPROPX has consolidated 13 reports from 8 outlets into a single canonical entry on “DOJ drops Reflecting Pool vandalism case.” The covered outlets are based across 2 regions — US and Other.
The earliest report in this entry came from NBC News (Jul 31, 2026, 21:55 UTC); the most recent came from The Washington Post (Aug 1, 2026, 01:55 UTC).
Comparing the wording across sources, 8 named entities are referenced by multiple outlets and the phrase recurring most across the coverage is “reflecting pool”.
7 statements are carried by only one outlet within this set and are not echoed by the others.
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