(CNN) — Three more people have been criminally charged with destruction of property at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Officers say they detained Cameron Thiers, Sophie Dennison-Gibby and Justin Carreno one Saturday afternoon in June and described in court documents witnessing them peeling and removing pieces of blue paint from the Reflecting Pool.
One officer 鈥渨itnessed Carreno reach down into the reflecting pool and pull up a piece of the blue paint,鈥� according to the court documents.
The officer who detained Dennison-Gibby 鈥渇ound 1 additional piece of the reflecting pool liner鈥� in her purse, the documents said.
All three incidents were recorded on the officers鈥� body worn cameras, they said in the court documents.
Several 鈥減artnering law enforcement agencies assigned to the Reflecting Pool鈥� working with US Park Police were involved in detaining the two men and one woman 鈥� including officers from Texas, Oklahoma, Montana and California.
One of the officers said in court documents that Thiers 鈥渁dmitted to removing a piece of blue sealant from the Reflecting Pool and still had it in his hand when I made contact with him.鈥�
The three defendants were arraigned in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charges of destruction of property with a value less than $1,000. The judge ordered them to stay away from the Reflecting Pool.
Lawyers for Thiers and Dennison-Gibby declined to comment. CNN has reached out to Carreno鈥檚 attorney.
If found guilty of destruction of property, the defendants could be fined up to $1,000 and face a maximum of 180 days behind bars.
first reported that three additional people had been charged with damaging the Reflecting Pool.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that vandals caused major damage to the pool by gashing the lining after his administration spent more than $14 million on renovations, though he has not provided evidence to support that claim. The officers who charged Carreno, Thiers and Dennison-Gibby did not accuse them of gashing the lining.
Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn was in Washington, DC, last week for allegedly damaging the Reflecting Pool. Hearn 鈥� unlike Carreno, Thiers and Dennison-Gibby 鈥� was with destruction of property with a value of more than $1,000 which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, if convicted. He is set to be arraigned in court Thursday.
Crews began over the weekend to make repairs, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, for the second time in three months.
The move comes after weeks of problems 鈥� algae blooms, green-hued water, a chipping bottom and the administration鈥檚 allegations of vandalism 鈥� that have plagued the iconic landmark, making its woes the subject of national interest.
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