‘She was in fear for their lives’: After protecting Trump, Secret Service officer arrested for pleasuring self naked in front of female hotel guests
MIAMI, Florida – A U.S. Secret Service agent was arrested Monday after allegedly exposing himself naked to female hotel guests and pleasuring himself in public view.
John Andrew Spillman, 33, is a Uniformed Division officer with the federal agency, and had just provided security to President Donald Trump at the weekend PGA tour at Trump’s golf course in Doral, Florida.
He was arrested shortly after midnight Monday for allegedly masturbating naked on the sixth floor of the DoubleTree hotel near Miami International Airport.
“Police allegedly caught him literally with his pants down in the act, according to the arresting affidavit,” reported Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics, as deputies with the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Officer responded.
Full wrap on the US Secret Service officer jailed and accused of masturbating naked in a hotel hallway and following a woman and others in “fear for their lives.” @MiamiDade_SO arrested John A. Spillman, 33. @wsvn #Exclusive story: pic.twitter.com/4TD2llE8u7
— Sheldon Fox-7 News (@fox_sheldon) May 5, 2026
Crabtree reports: “A victim told police that she was in the lobby when Spillman allegedly followed her and another upstairs and immediately entered a room ‘because she was in fear for their lives.’
“‘The victim saw the defendant masturbating next to their hotel room,’ according to the arrest affidavit.”
A US Secret Service officer was arrested for allegedly masturbating in a hotel hallway, following a woman and forcing her to retreat to her room for safety. Miami-Dade Deputies say they found Officer John A. Spillman pleasuring himself before his arrest. @wsvn #Exclusive pic.twitter.com/UFxrFY3ylf
— Sheldon Fox-7 News (@fox_sheldon) May 4, 2026
Spillman, of Marble Falls, Texas, had his bail set at $1,000, and he has a hearing scheduled for May 27 on misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure.
He is now on administrative leave pending the outcome of his criminal case and an internal review by federal officials.
“The alleged conduct is unacceptable and stands in stark contrast to the professionalism and integrity that I demand of our personnel,” said Richard Macauley, chief of police for the Secret Service.
Former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Wis., who spent years probing the Secret Service as House Oversight Committee chairman, told Crabtree the agency has a serious hiring and vetting problem as it deals with a lack of manpower.
SECRET SERVICE SCOOP: Here’s the mug shot and arrest affidavit for the Secret Service Uniformed Division officer who was arrested just after midnight Monday morning on charges that he was naked and masturbating in a Doubletree hotel hallway near the Miami airport.
Police… https://t.co/TpPMjJMoDh pic.twitter.com/5G53odaMpP
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) May 5, 2026
“There’s a lot of good, heroic people there, but they were advertising [for agents and officers] on pizza boxes in the Washington, DC area – come join the Secret Service.”
“And I’ve met some of those [who responded to the] pizza box-ads, and suddenly they’re in the White House with a gun guarding the president. It’s that bad.”
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