Former US Olympian David Hearn indicted in alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism

Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David "Davey" Hearn has been indicted connected a felony demolition of spot complaint aft his apprehension past period astatine nan Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool successful Washington, D.C., according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

Hearn, a erstwhile U.S. Olympic canoeist, was charged Thursday successful D.C. Superior Court pursuing nan incident connected June 19.

Hearn has denied damaging nan precocious renovated Reflecting Pool, saying he stopped during a motorcycle thrust and simply touched a loose portion of nan peeling bluish coating "to fulfill my curiosity arsenic a citizen." 

The indictment comes aft respective group were arrested aliases cited successful relationship pinch harm to nan Reflecting Pool, which underwent a much than $14 cardinal rehabilitation task nether President Donald Trump.

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Former U.S. Olympian David Hearn was indicted complete alleged vandalism astatine nan Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. (David Madison/Getty Images)

The president had antecedently blamed vandals for nan harm to nan pool, which features a bluish coating he calls "American emblem blue."