美国华盛顿特区检察官让妮娜·皮尔罗称此次破坏行为是“令人发指的袭击”，最高可判处10年监禁
2026年8月28日 美国东部时间下午4:43 / 福克斯新闻频道
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嫌疑人在镜头前承认作案后，因二战纪念碑破坏案被起诉
福克斯新闻记者玛德琳·里维拉在《福克斯报道》中报道了41岁的梅利莎·法里斯面临的指控，她据称承认破坏了华盛顿特区的二战纪念碑。
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据福克斯新闻数字频道获悉，这名被控破坏华盛顿特区二战纪念碑的女子于周五正式被起诉。
梅利莎·法里斯面临两项指控，包括破坏退伍军人纪念碑和破坏政府财产。
据当局透露，这名来自肯塔基州的女子 allegedly 用亮粉色喷漆喷涂了“干净的双手，肮脏的金钱”字样，并向纪念碑中央的喷泉倾倒了泡泡浴液。
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8月13日，一名破坏者向华盛顿特区的二战纪念碑倾倒泡泡浴液并喷涂涂鸦。（安德鲁·莱登/祖玛通讯社）
联邦检察官称，清理和修复费用已超过1000美元。
法里斯在自首前进行了一场Facebook直播，她在8月14日被捕前一天承认了此次破坏行为。
“是我干的，我要去自首，”她说，“我现在在地区联邦法院外，我只是想做正确的事……我试图让人们倾听……我试图联系媒体，我试图反抗，我试图无视这一切。”
法里斯称，她住在一个薄如纸片的露营车里，“冬天用纸板把它封起来，能暖和一点”。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系华盛顿特区美国地区法院置评。
二战纪念碑破坏案嫌疑人被拘留，面临两项重罪指控，皮尔罗表示
华盛顿特区国家地标发生明显破坏行为后，警方在二战纪念碑现场处置。（布鲁克·库托/福克斯新闻数字频道）
“破坏我们的二战纪念碑是对一座纪念为我们的自由而战和牺牲的美国人的神圣纪念碑的令人发指的袭击，”华盛顿特区美国检察官让妮娜·皮尔罗在法里斯被指控后发表的一份声明中说道。
“这些美国人包括我的父亲和祖父。”
皮尔罗称，这些指控最高可判处10年监禁。
“我们美丽的二战纪念碑刚刚遭到喷漆破坏者的袭击，”唐纳德·特朗普总统本月早些时候在Truth Social上写道。
“对那些在二战中牺牲的美国英雄来说，没有比这更大的侮辱了。先是倒影池，现在又是这个。我们正在追查这些家伙！这些畜生是从哪里冒出来的？”
今年6月，包括奥运会皮划艇运动员戴维·赫恩在内的数人因 allegedly 破坏新翻修的林肯纪念堂倒影池而被捕，但本月早些时候指控被撤销。
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检察官援引证据称，此次损坏可能源于一场失败的翻修工程，而非破坏行为。
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美国司法部长托德·布兰奇8月16日在接受NBC《与媒体见面》采访时表示，他“完全”支持皮尔罗撤销指控的决定，“特朗普总统也是如此”。
特朗普本月早些时候公开反对这一决定，称他“完全不同意”皮尔罗的决定。
福克斯新闻的罗伯特·麦吉维、邦妮·朱和阿什利·J·迪梅拉为本报道贡献了内容。
Woman accused of defacing WWII Memorial with spray paint indicted by federal grand jury
US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro called the vandalism a ‘despicable attack’ carrying penalties of up to 10 years in prison
August 28, 2026 4:43pm EDT / Fox News
By Brie Stimson, David Spunt, Bill Mears, Jake Gibson
Suspect charged in WWII Memorial vandalism after alleged on-camera confession
Fox News correspondent Madeleine Rivera reports on charges 41-year-old Melissa Farris faces after she allegedly admitted to vandalizing the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., on ‘Fox Report.’
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The woman accused of vandalizing the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., was formally indicted Friday, Fox News Digital has learned.
Melissa Farris was charged on two counts, including destruction of a veterans’ memorial and destruction of government property.
The Kentucky woman allegedly spray-painted the words “Clean hands, dirty money” in bright pink paint and dumped bubble soap into the fountain at the center of the memorial, according to authorities.
WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL ON NATIONAL MALL VANDALIZED WITH PINK SPRAY; FOUNTAIN OVERFLOWING WITH BUBBLES
A vandal poured bubble soap and painted graffiti on the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., Aug. 13.(Andrew Leyden/ZUMA Press Wire)
Federal prosecutors allege that cleanup and restoration costs already exceeded $1,000.
Farris did a Facebook live before turning herself in and her arrest Aug. 14, in which she admitted to the alleged vandalism the day before.
“It’s me. I am going to turn myself in,” she said. “I’m outside district federal court. I am just trying to do the right thing. … I was trying to get people to listen. … I tried to reach the media. I tried to fight back. I tried to ignore it.”
Farris claimed she lived in a paper-thin camper that she “boarded up with cardboard in the winter to feel a little bit warmer.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for comment.
WWII MEMORIAL VANDALISM SUSPECT IN CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH TWO FELONIES, PIRRO SAYS
Police respond to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., after an apparent act of vandalism at the national landmark.(Brooke Curto/Fox News Digital)
“Vandalizing our World War II Memorial is a despicable attack on a sacred monument honoring the Americans who fought and died for our freedom,” U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said in a statement after Farris was charged.
“Those Americans include my father and grandfather.”
Pirro said the charges carry penalties of up to ten years in prison.
“Our beautiful World War II Memorial was just hit by Spray Painting Vandals,” President Donald Trump wrote earlier this month on Truth Social.
“THERE CAN BE NO GREATER INSULT TO THOSE AMERICAN HEROES WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II. First the Reflecting Pool, now this. We are on their trail! Where do these animals come from???”
Several people, including Olympic canoeist David Hearn, were arrested in June for allegedly vandalizing the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, but the charges were dropped earlier this month.
TRUMP BLAMES VANDALS FOR DEAD GRASS ON NATIONAL MALL WHERE HE HOSTED 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION
Iraq War veteran blasts WWII Memorial vandalism: ‘It’s dishonoring this country’Video
Prosecutors cited evidence indicating the damage may have stemmed from a botched renovation rather than vandalism.
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U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Aug. 16 said he “absolutely” supported Pirro’s decision to drop the charges, “as does President Trump,” he told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Trump has spoken out against the decision this month, saying he “disagrees 100%” with Pirro’s decision.
Fox News’ Robert McGreevy, Bonny Chu and Ashley J. DiMella contributed to this report.
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