Attorney for suspect in Vance home vandalism rules out possible motivation

The fishy charged with vandalizing the Cincinnati location of Vice President JD Vance was not politically motivated, according to his defence attorney.

During a tribunal quality connected Tuesday, defence lawyer Paul Laufman insisted the actions of 26-year-old William DeFoor "had thing to bash with the specifics of the vice president," and were alternatively related to intelligence health.

"I conscionable don’t deliberation there’s thing governmental going on. This is purely a intelligence wellness issue," Laufman said, describing DeFoor arsenic idiosyncratic who writes "peaceful" poetry.

A justice acceptable DeFoor’s enslaved astatine $11,000 for 4 non-federal charges of vandalism, transgression trespass, transgression damaging oregon endangering and obstructing authoritative business.

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William DeFoor, 26, appears successful tribunal connected Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, for non-federal charges successful transportation with the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance's Cincinnati home. (WXIX)

DeFoor was acceptable to look successful national tribunal aboriginal Tuesday connected national charges of damaging authorities property, engaging successful carnal unit against immoderate idiosyncratic oregon spot successful a restricted gathering oregon grounds, and assaulting, resisting oregon impeding national officers.

William DeFoor, 26, was taken into custody aft allegedly damaging spot astatine Vice President JD Vance’s Cincinnati location connected Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. Secret Service and constabulary responded quickly. (Hamilton County Sheriff's Office)

DeFoor is accused of moving on the beforehand obstruction of Vance’s protected residence earlier breaching the spot enactment astatine the driveway, according to an affidavit filed Monday. He was allegedly wielding a hammer and attempted to interruption the driver’s broadside model of an unmarked national instrumentality enforcement conveyance blocking the driveway entrance.

DeFoor ignored each commands to halt and driblet the weapon, according to charging documents, and utilized the hammer to interruption solid windows crossed the beforehand of the home.

The residence was unoccupied, and Vance and his household were not successful the authorities astatine the clip of the incident, the U.S. Secret Service said Monday. (WXIX)

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Enhanced information assets connected each model were damaged from the hammer strikes. The assets, which are owned by the U.S. government, are valued astatine much than $28,000, prosecutors said.

DeFoor allegedly tried to tally distant earlier Secret Service agents and Cincinnati constabulary officers detained him.

When DeFoor was arrested, helium demanded to beryllium called "Julia," FBI sources told Fox News.

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Court records amusement DeFoor has faced aggregate transgression cases successful Hamilton County successful caller years, with each proceeding intersecting with findings related to his mental competency.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.