The U.S. Secret Service insignia is pictured on a wall at the Secret Service headquarters in Washington.
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A U.S. Secret Service officer was arrested Monday in Miami on a charge of indecent exposure while off-duty, authorities said.
The officer, John Spillman, had worked hours earlier on exterior security screening for President Donald Trump’s appearance Sunday at the PGA Tour’s Cadillac Championship, which was being held at the Trump National Doral.
Spillman was held at the Miami-Dade County Jail in lieu of a $1,000 bond on Monday, online jail records showed.
The 33-year-old has been placed on administrative leave from the Secret Service, the agency said.
US Secret Service Officer John Spillman, booking photo, Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Department
Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Department
The incident involving Spillman occurred at the DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport & Convention Center on Sunday night, according to an arrest report by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Earlier in the day, Trump watched from a tent near the 18th hole at his golf club as players completed the final round of the Cadillac Championship.
Spillman was part of a detail that provided exterior security screening for the event.
Police said they responded to the hotel in response to a call about a man who was naked on the sixth floor. When police arrived, they found Spillman “masturbating at the end of the hallway,” the arrest report said.
After they took Spillman into custody, a woman stepped out of a nearby room and told them they had been downstairs in the hotel lobby, and Spillman followed her upstairs to the sixth floor.
“The victim advised they immediately entered their room because she was in fear for” her life, the report said. “The victim saw the defendant masturbating next to their hotel room.”
Hotel security that responded to the floor told police they had seen the same conduct by Spillman, the report said.
Richard Macauley, chief of the U.S. Secret Service Police, said in a statement sent to CNBC that the agency was aware of the arrest of an off-duty Secret Service officer by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
“The alleged conduct is unacceptable and stands in stark contrast to the professionalism and integrity that I demand of our personnel,” Macauley said.
“This agency takes these matters with the utmost seriousness; consequently, the individual has been placed on administrative leave pending the results of this criminal matter and a complete and thorough internal investigation,” he said.
The arrest of Spillman came more than a week after Secret Service officers arrested a California man, Cole Tomas Allen, who allegedly shot an officer while forcing his way through a checkpoint at the Washington Hilton Hotel, a floor above where Trump was attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
That officer was not seriously injured, as his protective vest stopped the gunshot, authorities have said. Allen is charged with trying to assassinate Trump.