U.S. Justice Department dismisses case against former Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool
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U.S. Justice Department dismisses case against former Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool
ERIC TUCKER
WASHINGTON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED 2 HOURS AGO
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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seen from the Washington Monument, on Friday. Ex-Olympian David Hearn said he reached in to examine the pool’s newly peeled coating and briefly touched a chunk attached to the side of the pool, but said he obeyed a park worker who told him to let go of it.
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