YOU UPDATED AS WE GO THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MEGAN. ALL RIGHT. ADAM, THANK YOU. THIS MORNING, THE MAN ACCUSED OF SMASHING WINDOWS AT VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE HOME IN EAST WALNUT HILLS WILL MAKE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE. 26 YEAR OLD WILLIAM DUFOUR FACES BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S NICOLE APONTE LIVE FOR US AT THE HAMILTON COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. NIKOLE A LOT HAS UNFOLDED SINCE YOU FIRST BROKE THIS STORY YESTERDAY MORNING. MEGAN, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. WE’VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WILLIAM DUFOUR IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, INCLUDING HIS HISTORY OF ENCOUNTERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. TODAY, HE IS SET TO FACE A JUDGE ON THOSE STATE CHARGES. THOSE INCLUDE VANDALISM, CRIMINAL DAMAGING AND TRESPASSING. PROSECUTORS SAY HE USED A HAMMER TO SMASH WINDOWS AT VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE HOME EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING, AND ALSO TRIED TO BREAK THE WINDOW OF A FEDERAL AGENTS CAR. OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING AS POLICE AND SECRET SERVICE AGENTS INVESTIGATED. THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS NOT HOME AT THE TIME TO, FOR NOW, ALSO FACES MORE SERIOUS FEDERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING DAMAGING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND ASSAULTING, RESISTING OR IMPEDING FEDERAL OFFICERS. PROSECUTORS SAY HE REFUSED COMMANDS TO DROP THE HAMMER AND ALSO TRIED TO RUN AWAY. THEY SAY HE CAUSED AROUND $28,000 IN DAMAGE IF CONVICTED, THOSE FEDERAL CHARGES COULD LAND HIM DECADES IN PRISON. A POTENTIAL MOTIVE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, BUT COURT RECORDS SHOW HE HAS FACED CHARGES BEFORE. BACK IN 2023, A TRESPASSING CASE AGAINST A FOUR WAS DROPPED AFTER HE WAS FOUND NOT COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL, AND IN 2024, HE WAS ORDERED TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AFTER POLICE SAY HE VANDALIZED A BUSINESS IN HYDE PARK. THE ARRAIGNMENT ON THOSE CHARGES IS SET FOR 9:00 THIS MORNING. A COURT DATE HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED JUST YET FOR THOSE
Man accused of damaging VP Vance’s Cincinnati home due in court Tuesday on state charges
The man accused of smashing windows at Vice President JD Vance’s home in East Walnut Hills will make his first appearance in court Tuesday.William DeFoor, 26, who has a history of encounters with law enforcement, faces both state and federal charges.Tuesday, he’ll be in court on state charges, which include vandalism, criminal damaging and trespassing.Prosecutors say he used a hammer to smash windows at Vance’s home early Monday morning. He’s also accused of trying to break the window of a federal agent’s car.Vance and his family were not at home at the time.DeFoor is also facing more serious federal charges, including damaging government property and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.Prosecutors say he refused commands to drop a hammer and also tried to run away.They say he caused around $28,000 in damage. If convicted, those federal charges could land him in prison for decades.A potential motive has not been released, but court records show he has faced charges before.In 2023, a trespassing case against DeFoor was dropped after he was found not competent to stand trial. A year later, he was ordered to receive treatment after, police say, he vandalized a business in Hyde Park.DeFoor is set for a 9 a.m. arraignment Tuesday. A court date has not yet been set for his federal charges.
The man accused of smashing windows at Vice President JD Vance’s home in East Walnut Hills will make his first appearance in court Tuesday.
William DeFoor, 26, who has a history of encounters with law enforcement, faces both state and federal charges.
Tuesday, he’ll be in court on state charges, which include vandalism, criminal damaging and trespassing.
Prosecutors say he used a hammer to smash windows at Vance’s home early Monday morning. He’s also accused of trying to break the window of a federal agent’s car.
Vance and his family were not at home at the time.
DeFoor is also facing more serious federal charges, including damaging government property and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.
Prosecutors say he refused commands to drop a hammer and also tried to run away.
They say he caused around $28,000 in damage. If convicted, those federal charges could land him in prison for decades.
A potential motive has not been released, but court records show he has faced charges before.
In 2023, a trespassing case against DeFoor was dropped after he was found not competent to stand trial.
A year later, he was ordered to receive treatment after, police say, he vandalized a business in Hyde Park.
DeFoor is set for a 9 a.m. arraignment Tuesday. A court date has not yet been set for his federal charges.