One person was arrested and charged with causing the damage Secret Service protected from the details of the vehicles Ella Emhoffthe stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala HarrisNew York City officials said Tuesday.
Police have arrested and charged a man who attempted to remove or damage the license plates of two Secret Service vehicles. ensuring security for EmhoffAccording to the Secret Service, the 25-year-old was not injured.
According to a senior law enforcement official, that person is 45-year-old Harry Heyman. Investigators believe Heymann likely didn’t know the cars were Secret Service vehicles or that they were protecting them.
He damaged the license plate of one car and tried to remove the license plate of another car in lower Manhattan, the official said.
Heymann previously posted on X about parking concerns in the Tribeca neighborhood.
The Secret Service said in a statement that Emhoff was not directly affected.
“On Tuesday afternoon, an individual approached two US Secret Service vehicles parked in lower Manhattan and indiscriminately damaged the rear license plates of both,” the statement said.
“Secret Service Agents quickly detained the individual until local authorities arrived and took the individual into police custody,” he said.