In another blow to the image of the Secret Service, an Agent was arrested in Miami Friday morning after Miami Police found him passed out on a sidewalk. Agent Aaron Francis Engler was charged with Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest Without Violence, both misdemeanors. Police found Engler drunk and passed out on a sidewalk after President Barack Obama had left Miami. They attempted to wake him, and as they went to pat him down, he became combative and was arrested. For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please access the links below:
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It may be considered a “distinction without a difference” but Engler is NOT a Special Agent of the Secret Service. He is a Uniformed Division Officer. An ABC news report at
http://abcnews.go.com/US/secret-service-officer-arrested-presidential-advance-trip/story?id=17466169#.UHrvH2_A_cA
says, “Engler is a member of the uniformed division of the agency and not assigned to presidential protection, a spokesman for the Secret Service in Washington told ABC News.”
At least the agent wasnt speeding