A US Secret Service agent was placed on administrative leave after being arrested on Sunday for allegedly exposing himself and masturbating in a public hallway of a Miami hotel, authorities said.
John Andrew Spillman, 33, was found naked on the sixth floor of the DoubleTree by Hilton Miami airport and convention center, according to a sworn law enforcement statement. Miami-Dade county sheriff's deputies arrested him after discovering him in a state of undress at the end of a hallway.
The incident unfolded as Spillman was off-duty following a day of work providing external security screening at the 2025 PGA Cadillac Championship, which former President Donald Trump attended.
A woman staying at the hotel reported to police that Spillman had followed her and other guests from the lobby to the sixth floor. She told officers that she and her companions "immediately entered their room because she was in fear of their lives," according to the police statement. The woman said she witnessed Spillman engaging in the behavior next to her hotel room.
Hotel security personnel also reported observing Spillman allegedly masturbating on the floor.
Richard Macauley, chief of the Secret Service's uniformed division, confirmed the arrest in a statement. "The alleged conduct is unacceptable and stands in stark contrast to the professionalism and integrity that I demand of our personnel," Macauley said. He noted that the agency takes such matters seriously and that Spillman would remain on administrative leave during the criminal investigation and internal review.
Spillman was initially held at the Turner Guilford Knight correctional center in lieu of $1,000 bail. By Tuesday, he posted bond and was released, according to local news outlet WSVN.
The arrest comes roughly a week after another incident involving Secret Service security at a Trump event. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was arrested after allegedly attempting to storm the White House correspondents' dinner in Washington DC, where Trump was present, and shooting a Secret Service agent in the process.
Author James Rodriguez: "Two separate incidents in as many weeks raises uncomfortable questions about vetting and oversight in the protective details assigned to the former president."
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