A U.S. Secret Service officer has been put on administrative leave after he was arrested for indecent exposure in South Florida, officials said.
John Andrew Spillman, 33, was booked into Miami-Dade jail early Monday morning on a charge of indecent exposure, according to jail records. Further details of his arrest were not available.
“We are 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,” Richard Macauley, the chief of police of the Secret Service, said in a statement. “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.”
Secret Service officials confirmed that Spillman, who is based in Washington, D.C., was in South Florida to provide security for an event and that he was off-duty at the time of the arrest.
Spillman was booked at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Monday night on a $1,000 bond. He was assigned a public defender.