{"id":2635969,"date":"2026-07-27T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-agent-placed-on-administrative-leave-after-hazing-arrest\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:28:50","slug":"secret-service-agent-placed-on-administrative-leave-after-hazing-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-agent-placed-on-administrative-leave-after-hazing-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service agent placed on administrative leave after hazing arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecret-service-agent-placed-on-administrative-leave-after-hazing-arrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2635969&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Miami Secret Service agent, Marquez Christopher Pinder, was placed on administrative leave after his arrest related to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-hamm-lashes-out-at-shocking-hazing-allegations-involved-claw-hammer-setting-pledges-pants-on-fire\/\" title=\"Jon Hamm Lashes Out at Shocking ... Allegations - Involved Claw Hammer, Setting Pledge&#039;s Pants on Fire\">severe hazing incident<\/a> at a University of Miami fraternity. Pinder, 29, who served as the &#8220;dean of pledges&#8221; for Kappa Alpha Psi, was arrested along with two others on charges including attempted manslaughter, aggravated battery, and hazing with a deadly weapon. The incident involved a days-long hazing ritual in April that resulted in injuries to two pledges, with one requiring skin grafts and risking renal failure. Police reports describe severe beatings inflicted for failing to answer fraternity questions correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Pinder has been working for the Secret Service in Miami since 2023 and is also in the Navy Reserve. His arrest occurs amid scrutiny of the DHS and Secret Service&#8217;s vetting procedures following a recent fatal shooting by an ICE officer in maine, who had prior abuse allegations. The inquiry is ongoing, with concerns raised about the vetting process and the officer\u2019s background.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Miami <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1478\">Secret Service<\/a> agent in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"159\">Florida<\/a> was placed on administrative leave following his arrest on Sunday in connection with a near-deadly hazing incident at a University of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/miami\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"887\">Miami<\/a> fraternity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marquez Christopher Pinder, 29, was arrested alongside two other individuals on suspicion of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and hazing with a deadly weapon. Pinder was the \u201cdean of pledges\u201d for Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically black fraternity.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4664308\/secret-service-agent-administrative-leave-arrest-near-deadly-hazing-ritual\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Secret Service agent placed on administrative leave after arrest for near-deadly hazing ritual<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4664034\/berlin-attacker-previously-released-probation-trying-join-isis-2025\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Berlin attacker was previously released on probation after trying to join ISIS in 2025<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4664213\/wife-kansas-city-chiefs-coach-eric-bieniemy-shot-at-house\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Wife of Kansas City Chiefs coach Eric Bieniemy shot at Virginia house<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special Agent in Charge of the Miami field office Michael Townsend told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Pinder was placed on administrative leave immediately following local law enforcement informing him of the investigation. Townsend said the USSS is \u201cfully cooperating\u201d with investigators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pinder has worked for the Secret Service in Miami since 2023, according to Townsend, and is in the Navy Reserve. He graduated from Florida International University in 2021, but his profile does not list him as a student affiliated with the University of Miami or Kappa Alpha Psi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pinder, Jared Lamar James, 26, and Elijah Delano Dyous, 29, are each facing multiple felony charges related to a dayslong hazing ritual that took place in April. The hazing happened between April 1 and 4, primarily at an apartment roughly 9 miles from the university campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two pledges were injured as a result of hazing and have not been identified. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police-and-law-enforcement\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"401\">Police<\/a> reports allege the two victims were \u201csubjected to severe beatings\u201d because they failed to \u201ccorrectly answer questions about the fraternity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both victims sought medical attention as a result of their injuries caused by the hazing. One victim, named \u201cVictim 1\u201d in police documents, had to undergo skin grafts due to his backside being \u201cblackened by the presence of necrotic skin\/tissue,\u201d according to reports of the arrest warrant. Police speculate that Victim 1\u2019s injuries could have caused renal failure and ultimately death if he had not sought emergency medical care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second victim, \u201cVictim 2,\u201d told police he was not subjected to hazing, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-dodgers-trevor-bauer-placed-on-administrative-leave-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\/\" title=\"LA Dodgers\u2019 Trevor Bauer Placed On ... Amid Sexual Assault Allegations\">sought medical care<\/a> for injuries to his backside in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida law categorizes hazing as a criminal offense, with penalties ranging from a first-degree misdemeanor to a third-degree felony depending on the extent of bodily injury.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pinder\u2019s arrest comes as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3083\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, which oversees the Secret Service, faces scrutiny over its vetting process for agents and officers following the fatal shooting of Johan Sebastian Dur\u00e1n Guerrero\u00a0by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Biddeford, Maine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ICE officer who fired the fatal shot in Maine was reported to have abuse allegations from two ex-wives, which at one point led to an order for him to surrender his firearms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/travel\/4660702\/secret-service-vance-investigation-leak\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/travel\/4660702\/secret-service-vance-investigation-leak\/\">SECRET SERVICE AGENT FOR VANCE UNDER REVIEW FOR ALLEGEDLY LEAKING INFORMATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf those are facts, I don\u2019t think he should have ever cleared vetting,\u201d Homan said of the Maine ICE officer in an interview on CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em>. He said a history of violence, \u201cshould have been brought to the attention of those who make those decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DHS has not yet released the identity of the officers involved in the fatal shooting in Maine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Secret Service agent on leave after hazing arrest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2635970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Holding-New-Badge-e1783026273354.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[39166,83260,83261,51050,34163],"class_list":["post-2635969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-administrative-leave","tag-hazing-arrest","tag-internal-investigation","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-secret-service"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Holding-New-Badge-e1783026273354.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2635969"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2635974,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635969\/revisions\/2635974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2635970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2635969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2635969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2635969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}