BREAKING UPDATE: Suspect identified as William DeFoor after windows smashed at JD Vance’s Ohio home

“The residence was unoccupied at the time of the incident, and the Vice President and his family were not in Ohio,” USSS spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. Potential charges are being reviewed by the local US Attorney’s office. A hammer was found at the scene where the suspect broke the windows of the home.

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The suspect, identified as 26-year-old William DeFoor, was taken into custody by police early Monday morning. Video of the scene showed several windows smashed. Some online speculated that there was gunfire which broke the windows, which turned out not to be the case. DeFoor has been charged with obstructing official business, criminal damaging or endangering, criminal trespass, and vandalism. DeFoor's first court appearance is set for Tuesday. The suspect also vandalized a Secret Service vehicle in the driveway of the home.

DeFoor was detained shortly after midnight, according to Fox News. A spokesman for Vance confirmed that his family was in Washington, DC when the incident took place. However, Vance was in Cincinnati this past weekend after the operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro.

Vance responded to the incident on X, writing, "I appreciate everyone's well wishes about the attack at our home. As far as I can tell, a crazy person tried to break in by hammering the windows. I'm grateful to the secret service and the Cincinnati police for responding quickly."

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"We weren't even home as we had returned already to DC. One request to the media: we try to protect our kids as much as possible from the realities of this life of public service. In that light, I am skeptical of the news value of plastering images of our home with holes in the windows," he added.

Vance has previously been subject to political protest while with his family. In March of last year, left-wing, pro-Ukraine protesters gathered outside his address in Cincinnati, and reportedly accosted him while he was out with his young daughter at the time.

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“I decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes that I could trade a few minutes of conversation for them leaving my toddler alone. (Nearly all of them agreed),” Vance wrote on social media at the time. “It was a mostly respectful conversation, but if you’re chasing a 3-year-old as part of a political protest, you’re a sh*t person.”