Woman Faces Serious Federal Charges for Damaging War Memorial

Melissa L Farris was arrested August 14 on two serious federal charges — each carrying up to 10 years in prison. Federal felonies are crimes prosecuted by the U.S. government, not individual states. She is accused of writing red graffiti reading "Clean hands dirty $" on Washington's World War II Memorial and pumping soapy bubbles into its fountain.