CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who smashed windows at Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio home and caused other property damage was arrested early Monday, the U.S. Secret Service said.
The man was apprehended shortly after midnight by Secret Service agents assigned to Vance’s home east of downtown Cincinnati, agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press. He was not named.
The Secret Service heard a loud noise at the home around midnight and found a person who had broken a window with a hammer and was trying to get into the home, said two police officers, who were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation into what happened and spoke on condition of anonymity. The man also vandalized a Secret Service vehicle on the way up the home’s driveway, one of the officials said.
The home in the Walnut Hills neighborhood on the hills overlooking the city was unoccupied at the time and Vance and his family were not in Ohio, Guglielmi said.
The Secret Service is coordinating with the Cincinnati Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s office as charging decisions are reviewed, he said.
Vance, a Republican, was US Senator representing Ohio before becoming vice president. His office said his family was already back in Washington and was directing inquiries secret service.
Walnut Hills is one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods and is home to historic landmarks, including the Harriet Beecher Stowe House.
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