Secret Service Officer Arrested for Indecent Exposure in Miami After Trump Golf Event

A U.S. Secret Service officer was arrested Monday in Miami on a charge of indecent exposure while off-duty, hours after working security at a presidential event, the agency confirmed.

The officer, identified as John Spillman, 33, had earlier that day served on an exterior security screening detail for President Donald Trump's appearance at the PGA Tour's Cadillac Championship, held at Trump National Doral. Trump watched the final round from a tent near the 18th hole at the club.

According to an arrest report by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred Sunday night at the DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport and Convention Center. Police responded to a report of a naked man on the sixth floor and found Spillman "masturbating at the end of the hallway," the report stated.

A woman who stepped out of a nearby room told officers that Spillman had followed her from the hotel lobby 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 personnel who responded to the floor corroborated the account, telling police they had witnessed the same conduct, according to the arrest report.

Spillman was held at the Miami-Dade County Jail in lieu of a $1,000 bond, online jail records showed. The Secret Service subsequently placed him on administrative leave.

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. "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 added.

The arrest comes roughly a week after a separate incident involving Secret Service personnel. 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 bullet, authorities said. Allen faces charges of attempting to assassinate Trump.

The back-to-back incidents are likely to intensify scrutiny of conduct standards within the agency, which is responsible for protecting the president and other senior officials. The outcome of both the criminal proceeding against Spillman and the Secret Service's internal investigation will determine what disciplinary action, if any, follows the administrative leave designation.

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