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Secret Service Officer Arrested for Indecent Exposure in Miami

Published 5 May 2026

A U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officer was arrested early Monday on misdemeanor indecent exposure charges after allegedly masturbating in a hotel hallway near Miami International Airport, prompting guests to flee to their room in fear.

John Spillman, 33, from Marble Falls, Texas and based in Washington, D.C., was taken into custody shortly after midnight at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Miami Airport and Convention Center. According to the arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, a woman told deputies she was in the hotel lobby with others when Spillman followed them to the sixth floor. The group entered a room out of concern for their safety and later saw him masturbating outside their door. Hotel security responded, observed him with his pants lowered, and called law enforcement. Deputies arrived and found Spillman in the act.

Spillman had been in South Florida on a security assignment that ended Sunday. He provided perimeter screening at Trump National Doral during President Trump's visit for the 2026 PGA Cadillac Championship and was off duty at the time of the incident.

The Secret Service placed Spillman on administrative leave pending the criminal case...

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