Miami, FL – A Secret Service officer was arrested early Friday after being found passed out and apparently drunk on a Miami street corner several hours after President Barack Obama left the state following day trip to the city, police in Florida said.
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A Miami police officer found Aaron Francis Engler around 7 a.m., lying near an intersection not far from a popular night spot in downtown Miami. According to an arrest affidavit, Engler had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and a strong odor of alcohol. He was arrested on two misdemeanor counts after becoming combative with the arresting officer. Police say Engler started throwing his arms around while he was being searched and hit the officer in the chin.
Miami police say Engler has been released to members of the Secret Service’s Miami field office.
The Secret Service in Washington said the case will be turned over to the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
A law enforcement official said Engler was assigned to the agency’s uniformed division and was in Miami in a support role while the president was visiting. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the officer’s job with the agency.
Obama was in Miami Thursday for a campaign rally at the University of Miami and an evening fundraiser.
The Secret Service agent in question has to be fired! There should be zero tolerance for this kind of behavior. There have been other reports of off duty Secret Service agents getting into fights in bars, and beating up customers.
Who cares, he wanted to feel free at last.
Clearly the hiring practices of the Secret Service and Treasury Department have to be scrutinized. Seems they are now hiring lowlifes without any regard to personal character.
Well he’s an employee of a representative of the Democratic party. He should be transferred to join up with Billy Carter and booze things up a bit.