A Washington, D.C., judge dismissed a felony case on Aug. 6 against former Olympian canoeist Davey Hearn that accused him of destroying the lining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June after prosecutors learned the contractor may have caused the damage.
Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman granted the government’s motion to dismiss the indictment but delayed deciding whether the charges could be refiled in the future.
U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro moved to drop the felony charge last week, asking the court to dismiss the case against Hearn, 67.
The judge described Pirro’s reasoning in his order….