Windows Broken at Vance Ohio residence

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One person is in custody and an investigation is underway following an incident that caused property damage at the Ohio residence of Vice President JD Vance, authorities said Monday.

The Vance family was not in Ohio at the time of the incident, according to the US Secret Service and a spokesperson for the vice president.

Photos from local news outlets showed damage to the windows of the residence.

The incident happened shortly after midnight and comes amid increased concern over political violence following the fatal shooting in September of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the killing of Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in June.

I appreciate everyone’s well wishes about the attack at our home,” Vance said in a post on X. “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. We weren’t even home as we had returned already to DC.”

Scanner audio from the Cincinnati Police captured when Secret Service called to report a “possible break-in” at Vance’s residence.

Moments later, scanner audio revealed that authorities had placed a person in custody.

The person will be interviewed by Secret Service and is currently being held on local trespassing and vandalism charges, a spokesperson for the Secret Service said, adding that they will pursue a federal investigation.

The 26-year-old suspect accused of vandalizing Vice President JD Vance's Cincinnati home on Monday reportedly told authorities to call him "Julia" at the time of his arrest and has a history of prior run-ins with the law along with mental health issues.

William DeFoor, 26, was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service and Cincinnati police and charged with damaging government property, engaging in physical violence against any person or property in a restricted building or grounds, and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.

FBI sources confirmed to Fox News that DeFoor demanded to be called "Julia," after he allegedly used a hammer to try to break into Vance’s Ohio home.

It is unclear if DeFoor identifies as transgender or nonbinary, but recent social media pages show up under the name Julia DeFoor.

Agents observed DeFoor running along the fence line of Vance's home around midnight, according to an affidavit. Officials said DeFoor ran up the driveway and attempted to break the driver's side window of an unmarked federal law enforcement vehicle blocking the entrance.

DeFoor was ordered by agents to stop and drop the weapon, but continued toward the house and used the hammer to break several windows and damage a security system owned by the government valued at more than $28,000.

DeFoor's attorney said during the first court appearance on Tuesday that the attack had nothing to do with politics, rather "an expression of someone not in control of his mental health situation."

"I just don't think there is anything political going on here, judge, it's purely a mental health issue," the attorney stated.

DeFoor was ordered by the judge to be held on a $11,000 bond on the state charges. He remains in custody on a federal hold.

If convicted on the federal charges, Defoor could face up to 10 years in federal prison. A charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

According to court records, DeFoor was charged in 2023 with trespassing at the University of Cincinnati Health Psychiatric Emergency Services and in 2024 with two counts of vandalism after windows at a business in Hyde Park were broken.