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Secret Service Officer Arrested for Indecent Exposure at Miami Hotel
A U.S. Secret Service officer was arrested on charges of indecent exposure while off-duty in Miami, following his assignment on security for President Trump's appearance at a golf tournament. The officer has been placed on administrative leave pending investigations. The incident follows another recent arrest involving an attempt on the president's life.
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A U.S. Secret Service officer was arrested on a charge of indecent exposure following an incident at a Miami hotel on Sunday night, according to an arrest report cited by local news outlets. John Spillman, 33, was taken into custody and held at the Miami-Dade County Jail in lieu of a $1,000 bond on Monday, per online jail records from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.
The incident occurred at the DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport & Convention Center. Hotel guests told investigators they were in the lobby around midnight when Spillman followed them. They later reported seeing him masturbating next to their hotel room on the sixth floor, according to the arrest report obtained by WSVN-7 News Miami.
Security personnel found Spillman with his pants lowered and masturbating on the sixth floor, the report states. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Spillman had worked on exterior security screening for President Donald Trump's appearance earlier that day at the PGA Tour's Cadillac Championship held at Trump National Doral. The president watched from a tent near the 18th hole as players completed the final round.
The arrest occurred more than a week after a separate incident in Washington in which a California man named Cole Tomas Allen allegedly shot a Secret Service officer while forcing his way through a checkpoint at the Washington Hilton Hotel, a floor above where President Trump was attending the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
The officer was not seriously injured because his protective vest stopped the gunshot, authorities said. Allen faces charges including trying to assassinate the president.
