A man has been arrested overnight for allegedly causing damage to Vice President JD Vance’s residence in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati police officers and Secret Service agents responded to the home in East Walnut Hills and took the suspect into custody shortly after midnight Monday.
According to an arrest report obtained by news outlets, William DeFoor, 26, has been charged with criminal damaging/endangering, obstructing official business, criminal trespass, and vandalism. Authorities state DeFoor was seen by a Secret Service agent and later walked onto the property without permission, breaking four windows and damaging a vehicle.
The Secret Service confirmed the residence was unoccupied at the time of the incident and clarified that Vance and his family were not present in Ohio during the damage. A spokesperson for Vance noted the vice president’s family had visited Ohio over the weekend but departed prior to the alleged property damage.
Vance, a former Ohio senator, purchased the home in Cincinnati’s East Walnut Hills neighborhood for $1.4 million in 2018. The City of Cincinnati reported several neighborhood roads were closed from December 29 through January 4, though the closure reason was unspecified. Prior to his election in 2024, Vance described the property as “the perfect combo of proximity to the city and to nature,” highlighting nearby natural beauty and wildlife.