{"id":389499,"date":"2026-01-05T17:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389499\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:14:14","slug":"man-arrested-after-allegedly-breaking-windows-at-vances-cincinnati-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/389499\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after allegedly breaking windows at Vance’s Cincinnati home"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man was taken into custody overnight after allegedly damaging Vice President JD Vance\u2019s home in Cincinnati, U.S. Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said. <\/p>\n

Vance’s press secretary Taylor Van Kirk said that the Vance family was in Washington, D.C., during the incident.<\/p>\n

“An adult male was taken into custody by the Cincinnati Police Department after being detained by U.S. Secret Service personnel for causing property damage, including breaking windows on the exterior of a personal residence associated with the Vice President,” Guglielmi said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\"TheBroken windows at the Cincinnati home of Vice President JD Vance on Jan. 5, 2025.via WLWT<\/p>\n

The man was detained after midnight, he added. <\/p>\n

“The U.S. Secret Service is coordinating with the Cincinnati Police Department and the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office as charging decisions are reviewed,” Guglielmi said.<\/p>\n

Two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter said that 26-year-old William DeFoor was in custody in connection with the incident. The Hamilton County Sheriff\u2019s Office released records that said DeFoor faces local charges, including vandalism, obstruction of official business and criminal trespassing. <\/p>\n

DeFoorhas a documented history of mental health concerns according to the officials and to published local reports. He was armed with a hammer, two Secret Service sources said, adding that he broke glass, struck a Secret Service vehicle and vandalized property. The Secret Service had not previously identified the man as a potential risk. <\/p>\n

The Vance family left Cincinnati for D.C. just hours before the incident, the sources said. <\/p>\n

Vance thanked responders in a post to X about the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate everyone\u2019s well wishes about the attack at our home,\u201d he said in a post to X<\/a>. \u201cAs far as I can tell, a crazy person tried to break in by hammering the windows. I\u2019m grateful to the secret service and the Cincinnati police for responding quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cincinnati Police Department did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for further information. <\/p>\n

The incident comes amid heightened concerns over political violence after multiple high-profile killings last year, including the killings of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. President Donald Trump faced two assassination attempts during the 2024 election, and in recent months, several Indiana Republicans <\/a>faced swatting or threats amid redistricting pressure from Trump.<\/p>\n

Tara Prindiville is a White House producer for NBC News.<\/p>\n

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Chief Justice and National Affairs Correspondent<\/p>\n

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Megan Lebowitz is a politics reporter for NBC News.<\/p>\n

Josh Cradduck, Tom Winter and Austin Mullen contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was taken into custody overnight after allegedly damaging Vice President JD Vance\u2019s home in Cincinnati, U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-389499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}