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WASHINGTON \u2014 An Ohioan pleaded guilty to vandalizing and trying to break into Vice President JD Vance\u2019s Cincinnati home in January.<\/p>\n

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William DeFoor, 26, pleaded guilty to causing willful injury or depredation and carrying out physical violence against government officials during a Tuesday court hearing.<\/p>\n

DeFoor, who has a schizophrenia diagnosis, is staring down 30 years in prison for allegedly smashing glass windows in front of Vance\u2019s residence and hitting security assets with a hammer. The vandal is reportedly the son of a prominent Ohio millionaire family \u2014 and appears to have been going by \u201cJulia\u201d on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cActs of violence directed against our political leaders, their families, or property, have no place in our society and will not be tolerated,\u201d US attorney Dominick Gerace II said about the guilty plea.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur elected leaders, at all levels of government, must be permitted to carry out their duties free from threats, vandalism, and other forms of violence,\u201d Gerace added. \u201cPerpetrators like DeFoor, who put that freedom at risk, particularly through violent, destructive actions, will, like here, be vigorously prosecuted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DeFoor\u2019s father, named William, is a successful Harvard University graduate, a pediatric urologist in Cincinnati and professor at the University of Cincinnati\u2019s College of Medicine.<\/p>\n

The elder DeFoor donated thousands to Kamala Harris\u2019 failed presidential campaign in 2024 and lives in $1.3 million house in the tony Hyde Park neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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