A man is in custody after damaging property at Vice President JD Vance’s home in Cincinnati on Monday morning, the U.S. Secret Service said.
Secret Service agents physically detained the adult male shortly after midnight, the agency told Fox News in a statement.
The individual, whose identity was not immediately provided, allegedly caused property damage, including breaking windows on the exterior of a personal residence, the Secret Service said.
After being detained, the man was taken into custody by the Cincinnati Police Department.
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“The residence was unoccupied at the time of the incident, and the Vice President and his family were not in Ohio,” the agency said.
A spokesperson for Vance also confirmed to Fox News that the vice president and his family were already back in Washington, D.C., when the incident happened.
Vance posted a statement on X later Monday morning.
“I appreciate everyone’s well wishes about the attack at our home,” the statement read, in part. “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.”
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Vance had been in Cincinnati as recently as this past weekend.
A spokesperson previously said Vance had returned to Cincinnati after the operation in Venezuela to take President Nicolás Maduro into custody had concluded on Saturday. The spokesperson had said Vance joined Trump administration officials on a secure video conference to monitor the operation throughout the night.
The U.S. Secret Service is working with the Cincinnati Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office as prosecutors review possible charges.
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