Federal Judge RELEASES Woman Accused of Defacing Sacred WWII Memorial — NO CASH BOND REQUIRED
A federal magistrate judge on Monday released the woman accused of deliberately defacing the World War II Memorial, allowing her to leave custody on nothing more than a personal-recognizance bond. Melissa L. Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, walked free on personal recognizance despite the Justice Department’s urgent request that she be held as a flight risk. U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh rejected prosecutors’ arguments