By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
- • A federal grand jury indicted a man accused of vandalizing Vice President J.D. Vance’s Ohio home, charging him with three federal offenses.
- • The indictment stems from an early-morning Jan. 5 incident in Cincinnati where the suspect allegedly breached the residence’s property line and damaged windows and a Secret Service vehicle.
- • William D. DeFoor, 26, of Cincinnati faces charges including damaging government property and assaulting or impeding federal officers.
- • Each count carries potential prison terms ranging up to 10 to 20 years.
CINCINNATI, OH — A federal grand jury has indicted a Cincinnati man on multiple federal charges for allegedly vandalizing the Ohio home of Vice President J.D. Vance in the early hours of Jan. 5.
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The three-count indictment returned Wednesday charges William D. DeFoor, 26, of Cincinnati, with damaging government property, engaging in physical violence against property in a restricted area, and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.
The charges stem from an incident shortly after midnight on Jan. 5 in which DeFoor allegedly breached the property line of Vance’s residence in Cincinnati’s East Walnut Hills neighborhood, attempted to break a window of an unmarked U.S. Secret Service vehicle with a hammer and broke multiple windows at the home, according to court filings.
Damage allegedly included broken historic window panes and harm to a security system, with estimated losses of tens of thousands of dollars. The vice president and his family were not at the home at the time of the incident.
Each of the first two charges carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, while the third count carries up to 20 years, federal prosecutors said. A federal judge has ordered DeFoor to remain in custody pending trial, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.