A 41-year-old Kentucky woman livestreamed herself spray-painting the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall and dumping soap into its fountains, then posted the video for the world to see.Melissa L. Farris (who goes by Melissa Lovewell on Facebook) stood at the Atlantic Pavilion on Thursday afternoon, shook the cans, and tagged the granite with the message “Clean hands dirty $” in bright paint.She poured soap into the fountain until it frothed over with bubbles. And she recorded the whole thing.“It was me. I’m doing it. I’m on camera,” she declared on the livestream. She said she would wait to be arrested for spraying “our veterans’ fountain.”Later she posted again, bragging that she had been “allowed to deface Federal f—ing property, and nobody batted an eye.”According to the federal criminal complaint, Farris announced beforehand that she understood the choices she was making and intended to use the incident to force a purported “whistleblower case” into court.Investigators say a Park Ranger later encountered several people watching as a woman recorded herself at the vandalized pavilion. The woman allegedly fled after noticing the ranger.But the spectacle reportedly continued online.In a Facebook video posted afterward, Farris allegedly asked viewers to edit her footage, highlight the best parts, “make me look fancy, get it all over the internet.”She also reportedly expressed amazement that she had not immediately been arrested.WATCH:!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u5o49d"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");Rumble("play", {"video":"v7bzyn4","div":"rumble_v7bzyn4"});This is a sacred site dedicated to the more than 400,000 Americans who died and the 16 million who served in World War II. Farris turned it into her personal stage.Officers later identified her from a previous arrest just days earlier for unlawfully camping on federal property near the memorial.With federal authorities looking for her, Farris appeared outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday, crying during another Facebook Live broadcast.“It’s me. I’m going to turn myself in,” she said. “I didn’t want to go to jail.”Farris told viewers she had “never been in this position before” and claimed her actions were a desperate attempt to make people pay attention to her.“I’m just trying to do the right thing,” she said. “I was just trying to get people to listen.”Farris said she had attempted to give evidence to authorities, contact members of the media, fight back, and later ignore the situation. She spoke about living in a poorly insulated camper, being separated from her dogs, and believing she was entitled to federal protection.She also made a series of disturbing, unverified claims about being watched, followed by military aircraft, and having an animal killed in front of her. No evidence substantiating those claims was presented during the broadcast.“I was just trying to scream loud enough somebody would help me,” Farris said through tears.Farris repeatedly insisted she had tried to act properly before arriving at the courthouse.“Please, other people, let people know that I did try to do the right thing for a long time now,” she said.The livestream continued as she walked inside and asked someone where she could surrender.“Hello, I’m trying to find where I can turn myself in,” Farris was heard saying.CBS News reported that Farris subsequently made an initial appearance at the Alexandria courthouse and was detained.WATCH:!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u5o49d"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");Rumble("play", {"video":"v7bzyp0","div":"rumble_v7bzyp0"});U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that Farris has been charged with willfully injuring or committing depredation against federal property and destruction of a veterans’ memorial.Each charge reportedly carries a potential sentence of up to ten years in federal prison.Pirro called the defacement a “disgusting act” and vowed that authorities would not tolerate criminal activism targeting veterans’ monuments. The allegations are detailed in the Justice Department’s official announcement.As The Gateway Pundit reported in its arrest update, Farris is now in federal custody.The post Crazed WWII Memorial Vandal Filmed Her Own Crime — Told Facebook Users to “Make Me Look Fancy” and Spread It Everywhere — Then Cried on Facebook Live Before Turning Herself In appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.