Former US Olympian David Hearn indicted in alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism

Jul 2, 2026 - 14:30
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Former US Olympian David Hearn indicted in alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism

Former U.S. Olympic canoeist David "Davey" Hearn has been indicted on a felony destruction of property charge after his arrest last month at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

Hearn, a former U.S. Olympic canoeist, was charged Thursday in D.C. Superior Court following the incident on June 19.

Hearn has denied damaging the recently renovated Reflecting Pool, saying he stopped during a bike ride and merely touched a loose piece of the peeling blue coating "to satisfy my curiosity as a citizen." 

The indictment comes after several people were arrested or cited in connection with damage to the Reflecting Pool, which underwent a more than $14 million rehabilitation project under President Donald Trump.

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The president had previously blamed vandals for the damage to the pool, which features a blue coating he calls "American flag blue."

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