Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
3 Extra Charged For Alleged Harm
Revealed
Three extra individuals have been charged in reference to alleged injury to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, in accordance with newly filed court docket paperwork.
Prosecutors charged Sophie Dennison-Gibby, Justin Carreno, and Cameron Thiers with misdemeanor destruction of property involving lower than $1K in injury, in accordance with The New York Occasions.
The costs stem from a June 20 incident during which Officers say the three had been seen eradicating items of the pool’s blue liner.
In accordance with information, Officers watched Thiers and Carreno attain into the water and pull sections of the blue sealant from the reflecting pool. Police additionally allege they situated a chunk of the pool liner in Dennison-Gibby’s purse.
If convicted, every defendant faces a most penalty of 180 days in jail and a nice of as much as $1K.
Court docket information present a decide ordered all three to keep away from the Reflecting Pool whereas their circumstances are pending. They need to additionally verify in with court docket officers by cellphone as soon as a month. Their subsequent court docket appearances are scheduled for August.
The brand new fees come as President Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for the Reflecting Pool’s deteriorating situation throughout its $16.4 million renovation. He has claimed vandals dumped fertilizer into the water to gas algae development and lower the liner with knives.
The three defendants are separate from former Olympic canoeist, David “Davey” Hearn, who was beforehand charged with felony destruction of property involving greater than $1K in alleged injury. Hearn has denied wrongdoing, and his attorneys have known as the prosecution “outrageous” and “a misuse of government power against an ordinary citizen.”
