A US Secret Service employee was arrested and placed on leave after he was allegedly caught masturbating in front of guests at a Miami hotel, according to authorities and reports.
John Spillman, 33, was charged with indecent exposure for the disturbing incident that unfolded at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Miami Airport and Convention Center on Sunday night, according to court records and WSVN.
Hotel guests told investigators they were in the hotel lobby around midnight when Spillman allegedly followed them to their room, according to an arrest report obtained by the outlet.
The guests then alarmingly spotted him “masturbating next to their room” on the sixth floor, and called hotel security, the report added.
Security arrived to find the Secret Service employee with his “pants lowered and masturbating,” investigators wrote in the document.
Spillman is from Marble Falls, Texas, and is based in Washington, DC.
He was in South Florida for a security perimeter screening detail at Trump National Doral for President Trump’s scheduled visit to the 2026 PGA Cadillac Championship, the outlet reported.
He was off-duty when he allegedly exposed himself and has been placed on leave by the Secret Service pending the outcome of a criminal and internal investigation, the agency said in a statement to The Post.
“The alleged conduct is unacceptable and stands in stark contrast to the professionalism and integrity that I demand of our personnel,” Secret Service Chief Richard Macauley 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,” Macauley added.
Spillman was booked at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and ordered held on a $1,000 bond, according to inmate records.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Spillman is slated to return to court on May 27.
