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A man is in custody following property damage at the residence of Vice President JD Vance in Cincinnati on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Secret Service. The Secret Service apprehended the adult male shortly after midnight.
The individual, whose identity remains undisclosed, reportedly inflicted property damage by shattering windows on the exterior of a private residence, according to the Secret Service.
The Cincinnati Police Department placed the individual in custody after his detention.
“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 verified that the vice president and his family had already returned to Washington, D.C., at the time of the incident.
Vance was in Cincinnati as recently as the previous weekend. A spokesperson previously stated that Vance had returned to Cincinnati following the completion of the operation in Venezuela to apprehend President Nicolás Maduro.
Vance participated in a secure video conference with other officials from the Trump administration to oversee the operation.
The U.S. Secret Service is collaborating with the Cincinnati Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office as prosecutors evaluate potential charges.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that Cuban leaders should be concerned following the U.S. military operation in Venezuela and the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
Rubio said the operation and subsequent developments could signal a shift in focus toward Cuba under President Trump.
Cuba has long maintained a significant presence in Venezuela, including intelligence agents and security personnel, amid close ties between Havana and Caracas.
Rubio said Venezuela’s intelligence agency was “basically full of Cubans” and that Maduro’s security detail also included Cuban personnel.
“One of the biggest problems Venezuelans have is they have to declare independence from Cuba,” Rubio said during a news conference detailing the operation. “They tried to basically colonize it from a security standpoint.”
Rubio described Cuba as “a disaster” run by leaders he characterized as incompetent.
The Secretary of State has repeatedly labeled Cuba a dictatorship and a failed state.
Trump said Cuba is a topic his administration will eventually address, calling the country “a very badly failing nation.”
“And we want to help the people,” Trump said.
“It’s very similar in the sense that we want to help the people in Cuba, but we also want to help the people who were forced out of Cuba and are living in this country,” he added.
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken into custody by U.S. forces during the operation and transported aboard the USS Iwo Jima.
They are expected to be brought to the United States to face federal charges.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the couple, along with other Venezuelan officials, face charges including drug trafficking and narco terrorism conspiracies.
Bondi said the defendants are accused of partnering with drug cartels to traffic narcotics into the United States.
The charges include narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices against the United States.
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was seeking renewed talks with the United States before he was captured overnight in a stunning raid by U.S. military and law enforcement elements.
His capture followed months of tanker seizures, a recent U.S. strike, and targeting of boats ferrying deadly narcotics out of the country.
Venezuela has been serving as a hub for drug smuggling and dangerous cartels such as Tren de Aragua and the Maduro-tied Cartel de los Soles.
