Kentucky woman indicted in World War II Memorial vandalism

Federal prosecutors say Melissa Farris spray-painted the National Mall memorial and documented the incident on social media.

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Kentucky woman on vandalism charges after she appeared to livestream herself defacing Washington, D.C.’s World War II Memorial. Melissa Farris seemed to be a homeless woman in a questionable state of mind earlier this month when she appeared to film herself spraying pink and

US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro called the World War II Memorial vandalism a "despicable attack" as Melissa Farris was formally indicted on two federal counts.

Melissa Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, faces up to 20 years in prison.

President Donald Trump condemned the damage to the monument in a social media post, writing, ‘First the Reflecting Pool, now this’

The woman accused of vandalizing the World War II Memorial on the National Mall earlier this month said during a new interview that she did it to “get the nation’s attention.” Melissa Farris, 41, told The Washington Post that she graffitied the memorial in an attempt to spotlight what she alleges was wrongdoing by a…

Melissa Farris is scheduled to be arraigned next week on two felony counts. Grand jurors indicted her Thursday on charges of destroying the veterans' memorial and destroying government property.

Kentucky woman indicted on charges she damaged the World War II Memorial in Washington  Toronto Star

A Kentucky woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that she intentionally damaged the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Melissa Farris is scheduled to be arraigned next week on two felony counts

Kentucky woman indicted on charges she damaged the World War II Memorial in Washington  AP News