A man was arrested and accused of damaging Secret Service vehicles from the detail protecting Ella Emhoff, the stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris, in New York City on Tuesday, authorities said.
Police arrested and charged the man after he tried to take or damage license plates on two Secret Service vehicles that were providing 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 most likely had no idea the cars were Secret Service vehicles or whom they were protecting, the official said.
He damaged the license plate bracket on one vehicle and tried to remove the license plate on another vehicle in lower Manhattan, the official said.
Heymann has previously posted his concerns about vehicles parking in the Tribeca neighborhood on X.
The Secret Service said in a statement that 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 license plate area of both,” the statement said.
“Secret Service Agents quickly detained the individual until local authorities arrived and placed the individual into police custody," it said. "At no point was any protectee in danger as a result of this incident.”
