A Kentucky woman accused of vandalizing the National Mall’s World War II Memorial was released from custody with directions to avoid the monument on a U.S. judge’s order, according to court records.  U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia ‌Jeanine Pirro decried the order that 41-year-old Melissa Farris, also known as “Melissa Lovewell,” of Elizabethtown, was let go. A Foolish judge.

     Farris was arrested last week and charged via criminal complaint with willfully injuring or committing a depredation against property of the United States and with destruction of a veterans’ memorial. She appeared to have livestreamed herself graffitiing the Atlantic Theatre Pavilion with spray paint on Facebook.  “Defacing the World Wa“ This memorial stands in honor of the 16 million veterans who served, the millions who supported the war effort, and the more than 400,000 heroes who never came home,” she continued. “Vandalizing a monument dedicated to their sacrifice is a shameful attack on the legacy of our nation. We will not tolerate this kind of criminal activism, and we will ensure that anyone who desecrates a veterans’ memorial is held fully accountable.”r II Memorial is a disgusting act and an insult to the Americans who fought and died for our country,” Pirro asserted in a statement.