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Man Pleads Guilty to Breaking Windows at JD Vance’s Home in Ohio
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Prosecutors said DeFoor first attempted to break the window of an unmarked federal law enforcement vehicle at the home with a hammer and then began to use the hammer to break “large historic glass windows” at the home. The former An Ohio senator and his family were in Washington, D.C., while the event unfolded.
The lawyer, Paul Laufman, said after DeFoor’s arrest that the incident was not politically motivated and had “nothing to do with the specifics of the vice president. “Mental illness is a terrible thing,” she said in a statement to reporters in January.
His mother, Catherine DeFoor, has said that her son has psychiatric issues. DeFoor has been ordered detained pending his sentencing.
Prosecutors said he caused $28,000 worth of damage.
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- The former An Ohio senator and his family were in Washington, D.C., while the event unfolded.
- Prosecutors said DeFoor first attempted to break the window of an unmarked federal law enforcement vehicle at the home with a hammer and then began to use the hammer to break “large historic glass windows” at the home.
- Prosecutors said he caused $28,000 worth of damage.
- DeFoor has been ordered detained pending his sentencing.
- The lawyer, Paul Laufman, said after DeFoor’s arrest that the incident was not politically motivated and had “nothing to do with the specifics of the vice president.
- His mother, Catherine DeFoor, has said that her son has psychiatric issues .
- “Mental illness is a terrible thing,” she said in a statement to reporters in January.
Sources
- NBC Newslink