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Secret Service officer arrested for indecent exposure in Miami after Trump golf event

The Secret Service placed John Andrew Spillman on leave as investigators examined a hotel hallway incident that led to a $1,000 bond.

  • United States Secret Service officer John Andrew Spillman was arrested for indecent exposure Sunday night at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Miami Airport & Convention Center and booked into Miami-Dade County Jail early Monday.
  • Spillman, 33, was in South Florida to provide exterior security screening for President Donald Trump's visit to the PGA Cadillac Championship, though authorities confirmed his assignment had concluded before the incident occurred.
  • According to the arrest report, hotel guests told investigators they were in the lobby at midnight when Spillman followed them; security personnel later found "the defendant with his pants lowered and masturbating on the sixth floor."
  • Spillman remains held on a $1,000 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, while Secret Service Chief Richard Macauley placed him on administrative leave, calling the alleged conduct "unacceptable."
  • This incident marks the latest controversy for the Secret Service this year; last month, authorities arrested a trainee in Georgia for allegedly secretly filming "his suitemate's every move with a spy camera hidden in a phone charger.
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