A man was arrested for damaging U.S. Secret Service vehicles from the detail protecting Ella Emhoff, the stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris, in New York City on Tuesday, authorities said.
The man was arrested and charged by the NYPD after he attempted to steal or damage license plates from two Secret Service vehicles that provided security for Emhoff, 25, who was not injured, according to the Secret Service.
The man was identified as Harry Heymann, 45, according to a senior law enforcement official. Investigators believe Heymann likely had no idea the cars were Secret Service vehicles or who they were protecting, the official said.
He damaged a license plate bracket on one vehicle and attempted to remove a license plate from another vehicle in lower Manhattan, the official said.
Heymann had previously posted on Twitter his concerns about vehicle parking in the Tribeca neighborhood.
A Secret Service statement about the incident said Emhoff was not directly affected.
“On Tuesday afternoon, an individual approached two United States Secret Service vehicles parked in lower Manhattan and, without provocation, caused damage to the rear area of both,” the statement said.
“Secret Service agents quickly detained the individual until local authorities arrived and placed him in police custody,” the agency said. “At no time were any protectees in danger as a result of this incident.”
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