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Secret Service Trainee Arrested, Accused of Spying on Roommate in Brunswick

Police said the trainee secretly filmed his suitemate with a hidden camera and sent texts suggesting he was being watched.

  • On Wednesday, Secret Service trainee Joel Lara Canvasser was arrested in Glynco, Georgia, on felony eavesdropping charges for allegedly using a hidden camera to spy on his suitemate at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
  • Suitemate Cade discovered the spying device after noticing an 'unusual glint' and realized it was a camera, while Canvasser allegedly targeted him with weeks-long harassing text messages designed to mimic a stalking stranger.
  • Cade realized he was being watched from another device after receiving a message while using the bathroom, and the report states Canvasser's device automatically connected to his personal WiFi after Cade reset his phone.
  • Calling the charges 'deeply troubling,' Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn noted the agency revoked Canvasser's security clearance; Canvasser was released on an $8,458 bond.
  • The Secret Service has faced intense scrutiny since an assassination attempt on Donald Trump two years ago, and this incident marks another challenge for the agency.
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Secret Service trainee accused of spying on roommate with hidden camera

U.S. Secret Service agents (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (GLYNCO, Ga.) — A Secret Service agent in training who previously worked as an analyst with the presidential protection team was arrested this week on charges of felony eavesdropping at the nation’s premiere federal law enforcement training academy. Police reports from Glynn County, Georgia, said the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center student, Joel Lara Canvasser…

·Baltimore, United States
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TALK! 100.7 FM broke the news in on Friday, April 10, 2026.
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