Secret Service agent placed on administrative leave after arrest for near-deadly hazing ritual
Pinder was the “dean of pledges” for Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically black fraternity. Townsend said the USSS is “fully cooperating” with investigators.Advertisement Pinder has worked for the Secret Service in Miami since 2023, according to Townsend, and is in the Navy Reserve. The hazing happened between April 1 and 4, primarily at an apartment roughly 9 miles from the university campus.Two pledges were injured as a result of hazing and have not been identified.
- ▪Pinder was the “dean of pledges” for Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically black fraternity.
- ▪Townsend said the USSS is “fully cooperating” with investigators.Advertisement Pinder has worked for the Secret Service in Miami since 2023, according to Townsend, and is in the Navy Reserve.
- ▪The hazing happened between April 1 and 4, primarily at an apartment roughly 9 miles from the university campus.Two pledges were injured as a result of hazing and have not been identified.
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A Miami Secret Service agent in Florida was placed on administrative leave following his arrest on Sunday in connection with a near-deadly hazing incident at a University of Miami fraternity.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 “dean of pledges” for Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically black fraternity.
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