The Secret Service has another embarrassment on its hands after one of its agents was found passed out on a Miami sidewalk and arrested — just hours after President Obama left town.
Aaron Francis Engler was found early Friday morning by Miami police officers who were responding to an unrelated call, CBS Miami reported.
When they tried to stir the sleeping Secret Service man, he allegedly got belligerent, forcing the officers to take him down.
They didn't know they were dealing with one of the President's men until the uncooperative agent was in handcuffs and they found his ID in a pocket, CBS Miami said it learned from a police report. He wasn't armed at the time of his arrest.
Engler told police he was part of President Obama's advance team for his visit to the city on Thursday, law enforcement sources told the station.
He allegedly began partying after the president left Miami, but the arrest prevented him from leaving town for another assignment Friday morning, the sources said.
Engler was charged with two misdemeanors, disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest without violence.
He was turned over to the Secret Service, which was taking him back to Washington.
The latest embarrassing incident follows another Secret Service scandal in April, when a dozen agents were disciplined — with most losing their jobs — after a wild night of partying with Colombian prostitutes.
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