By JULIE CARR SMYTH
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The person charged in reference to the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s Ohio dwelling earlier this month pleaded not responsible on Tuesday.
William D. DeFoor, 26, entered pleas to a few counts in federal courtroom in Cincinnati. Prosecutors have charged DeFoor with damaging authorities property, participating in bodily violence in opposition to any individual or property in a restricted constructing or grounds, and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.
The suspect faces as much as 10 years in jail on every of the primary two fees and as much as 20 years on the third.
Federal prosecutors allege the Secret Service noticed somebody run alongside the entrance fence of Vance’s residence in Cincinnati’s upscale East Walnut Hills neighborhood simply after midnight on Jan. 5 after which breach the property line. The individual later recognized as DeFoor was armed with a hammer and tried to interrupt out the window of an unmarked Secret Service automobile on the best way up the driveway. The individual then moved towards the entrance of the house and broke 14 historic window panes, in accordance with a federal affidavit.
Harm executed to safety enhancements across the home windows was valued at $28,000, in accordance with the submitting.
DeFoor’s lawyer, Paul Laufman, has stated in courtroom that the state of affairs represents “purely a psychological well being difficulty” and that his consumer was not motivated by politics.
