Woman arrested and charged for vandalizing World War II Memorial in DC | CNN Politics

A woman has been arrested and charged for vandalizing the World War II memorial in Washington, DC. Melissa L. Farris made her first appearance on the felony charges in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday. The Justice Department wants to keep Farris detained as she awaits trial. She will remain in jail at least until her detention hearing in DC next week. “Vandalizing our World War II Memorial is a despicable attack on a sacred monument honoring the Americans who fought and died for our freedom. Those Americans include my father and grandfather,” US Attorney Jeanine Pirro posted online Friday earlier morning. The charges against Farris include destruction of US property and destruction of a veterans’ memorial. In her post Friday, Pirro included pictures she says are of Farris spray painting the memorial. Farris faces up to 10 year in prison, Pirro said. According to the indictment, US Park Police responded to a call of a “disorderly person disrupting visitors” around 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at the memorial. A witness said they saw the woman spraying graffiti and a ranger responded, seeing foam in the fountain and observing the suspect flee, it added. Police rece