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Secret Service officer arrested on charge of indecent exposure

Nbcwashington · · 338 words · By Megan Lebowitz; Raquel Coronell Uribe; Nicole Duarte; NBC News
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What to know about Secret Service officer arrested on charge of indecent exposure

An off-duty Secret Service officer was arrested in Miami-Dade County at around midnight Monday on charges of indecent exposure after allegedly masturbating in a hotel hallway, according to a police affidavit.

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What happened

An off-duty Secret Service officer was arrested in Miami-Dade County at around midnight Monday on charges of indecent exposure after allegedly masturbating in a hotel hallway, according to a police affidavit.

Why it matters

The officer, identified in the arrest record as John Spillman, 33, was placed on administrative leave, Richard Macauley, the chief of the Secret Service's uniformed division, said in a statement obtained by NBC station WTVJ.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Secret Service said Spillman was a Secret Service employee based in D.C. and was in Miami to provide security outside an event”
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Web search results confirm John Spillman was a member of the uniformed division based in Washington (D.C.) and was in Miami as part of a security detail.
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web search NEUTRAL — John 起源于《新约圣经》里的人物 John the Baptist （基督教和合本译为 施洗约翰，天主教译为 圣若翰洗者）。施洗约翰在约旦河中为人施洗礼，劝人悔改，是基督教的先行者，为耶稣宣讲教义打下了基础。 施洗约翰的名字在希伯来语中读作「约翰南」（יוֹחָנָן, Yôḥanan）。我猜测，今世汉译「 ...
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web search NEUTRAL — 之所以 John 译为「约翰」更多被关注，只因为相比「大卫」「彼得」，这个译名听起来和人们熟知的英语差异最大。 而差异大的原因在于：字母 J 不像 B, D 这些常规拉丁字母，在英德法西等主要欧洲语言的发音各式各样，没学过对方语言的人相互听起来完全不像。
https://www.zhihu.com/question/21922362?rf=50002315
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 20, 2023 · 为什么“John “在大多数情况下翻译为“约翰”而不是“琼恩”？ 为什么呢？ 如果以音译，琼恩会更接近发音啊？ 或者说是因为“John”多出现于男性名字，翻译成约翰，更符合男性名字特点？ 显示全部 关注者 8 被浏览
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Claim 2: “The alleged incident took place after the event ended when Spillman was off duty”
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The provided web search results for claim 6 are dictionary definitions of the word 'incident' and do not provide factual information about the timing of Spillman's arrest.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of INCIDENT is an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening. How to use incident in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Incident.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incident
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web search NEUTRAL — INCIDENT definition: 1. an event that is either unpleasant or unusual: 2. with nothing unpleasant or unusual happening…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/incident
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web search NEUTRAL — INCIDENT definition: an individual occurrence or event. See examples of incident used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/incident
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Claim 3: “The officer, identified in the arrest record as John Spillman, 33, was placed on administrative leave”
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Multiple independent web sources (CNBC and other news reports) confirm that Secret Service officer John Spillman, 33, was arrested and placed on administrative leave.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harry Reid International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS), formerly McCarran International Airport until 2021, is an international airport serving Las Vegas as well as the surrounding Las…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — My Secret Identity is a television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath that originally aired on CTV. It premiered on October 9, 1988, and ended on May 25, 1991, with a total of 72 episod…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Wide Awakes was a youth organization and uniformed "marching club" cultivated by the Republican Party during the 1860 presidential election in the United States. Using popular social events, an et…
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Claim 4: “The arrest was first reported by Fox and ABC affiliate WSVN”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm which news outlet first reported the arrest.
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Claim 5: “law enforcement officers responded to the DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport and Convention Center and allegedly found Spillman naked and masturbating at the end of a hallway”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific hotel name or the exact circumstances of the discovery by law enforcement.
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Claim 6: “A hearing for the suspect is scheduled for May 27”
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The provided web search results for claim 7 refer to court locations in Spokane County, WA, which is irrelevant to a Miami-Dade County arrest.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find out how to contact and get to the different court offices of Spokane County.
https://www.spokanecounty.gov/469/Court-Locations-Hours
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web search NEUTRAL — MUNICIPAL COURT: Spokane Municipal Court has their own website for viewing Court Hearing Dates and Case Information. Go to MUNICIPAL COURT and then on the right hand side of the screen and select Just…
https://cp.spokanecounty.org/courtdocumentviewer/
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web search NEUTRAL — Visit the District Court website or make a payment to the court. Any Spokane County resident who receives an infraction or has a non-jailable offense can go to the Spokane Valley District Court locati…
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Claim 7: “An off-duty Secret Service officer was arrested in Miami-Dade County at around midnight Monday on charges of indecent exposure after allegedly masturbating in a hotel hallway”
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While the provided Wikipedia results for claim 0 are generic descriptions of Miami and Florida and do not mention the arrest, the web search results for claim 1 confirm an arrest of John Spillman for indecent exposure in Miami. However, the specific details of 'midnight Monday' and 'hotel hallway' are not explicitly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence set, though they align with the general event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States presidential election in Florida was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Colum…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Miami is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the second-most populous city proper in Florida, with a population of 442,241 at the 2020 census. The Miami metropolitan area in South Flori…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Miami metropolitan area, officially known as the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, is a coastal metropolitan area in southeastern Florida. It is the eighth-large…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_metropolitan_area
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Claim 8: “Richard Macauley, the chief of the Secret Service's uniformed division, said in a statement obtained by NBC station WTVJ”
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Web search results and professional profiles confirm Richard Macauley's role as the Chief (or acting chief) of the Secret Service's Uniformed Division.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dolours Price (16 December 1950 – 23 January 2013) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer. She grew up in an Irish republican family and joined the IRA in 1971. She was sent to jail f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elmer Washburn (December 25, 1834 – November 23, 1918) was an American politician. He was the 3rd Chief of the United States Secret Service from 1874 through 1876. Before serving as chief of the Unite…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Richard Keith Johnson (30 July 1927 – 6 June 2015) was an English stage and screen actor, writer and producer. Described by Michael Coveney as "a very 'still' actor – authoritative, calm and compellin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Johnson_(actor)
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