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A U.S. Secret Service supplier has been arrested and charged pinch 5 felony counts, including attempted manslaughter pinch a deadly weapon, aft allegedly being progressive pinch hazing "rituals" that near 2 victims pinch life-threatening injuries.
Marquez Pinder, a 29-year-old typical supplier pinch nan Miami Field Office, was ordered to beryllium put connected location apprehension pinch a GPS search device.
Pinder held nan title of "dean of pledges" during four, hours-long hazing sessions for a Miami section of nan Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, according to an affidavit revenge pinch nan Circuit Court of nan 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida. In that role, Pinder was allegedly progressive successful nan hazing of 2 prospective members of nan fraternity.
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Marquez Pinder was arrested by nan Sweetwater Police Department aft allegedly being progressive successful a near-deadly hazing. (Miami-Dade Corrections)
According to tribunal records, nan 2 victims were "paddled" and struck pinch "canes" by Pinder and 2 different fraternity members. One victim’s interest was "dismissed" by nan fraternity erstwhile he reported "urinating blood" during nan first hazing session, records show.
Days later, nan man had to beryllium intubated astatine a infirmary while receiving "critical attraction to forestall further beingness deterioration and death," a law enforcement officer reported successful a sworn statement.
The different unfortunate was treated for "blackened" and "necrotic" insubstantial connected his hips from nan beating, tribunal records show. "Substantial portions of tegument and soft tissue" needed to beryllium surgically removed, and he received "extensive tegument grafts to screen nan areas," according to an affidavit.
A drone position shows nan downtown skyline successful Miami, April 16, 2025. Marquez Pinder is simply a typical supplier pinch nan Secret Service's Miami Field Office. (REUTERS/Marco Bello)
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His "mobility and value of life person been importantly impacted," a rule enforcement serviceman wrote. And without emergency aesculapian care, "his injuries would person resulted successful renal nonaccomplishment starring to death."
The alleged hazing occurred each time April 1-4 astatine 2 different residences successful Miami-Dade County, tribunal records show.
During nan meetings, nan 2 victims were tested pinch questions astir nan fraternity and its history, according to nan affidavit. Victims told rule enforcement officers that erstwhile they grounded to reply a mobility correctly, they were placed successful what they called a "stress position," nan affidavit shows.
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They described nan "stress position" arsenic a half-squat pinch 1 limb pointed forward. While successful that position, nan victims said they were "struck connected their hips pinch a paddle." One of nan victims said that, earlier nan hazing, he was told that "if he ever felt that he was reaching his beingness limit," he should show Pinder, his "dean of pledges," officers reported. He said he was told that indications of reaching that limit mightiness see urinating humor aliases emotion that he was going to walk out, according to nan affidavit.
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Investigators reported they’d reviewed messages betwixt fraternity members astir nan request for cleaning supplies to "mop up sweat and blood" from nan hazing. After 4 days of "testing" to go members of nan fraternity, 1 unfortunate sought emergency aesculapian curen because his "health continued to deteriorate, and he began to suffer from vomiting, fevers, and immense symptom connected his buttocks," officers reported.
Marquez Pinder, who useful successful nan Miami Field Office, has been employed pinch nan U.S. Secret Service since September 2023, an agency spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Pinder is presently connected administrative leave. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service)
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Pinder now faces 5 felony charges, including 2 counts of aggravated artillery pinch a deadly weapon, 2 counts of attempted manslaughter pinch a deadly limb and 1 count of hazing pinch a deadly weapon.
Jared James and Elijah Dyous, who allegedly helped successful nan hazing, look nan aforesaid charges, tribunal records show.
Jared James faces 5 felony charges aft allegedly hazing 2 prospective fraternity members. (Miami-Dade Corrections)
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The 3 men could not beryllium reached for comment. An lawyer reportedly representing Pinder did not respond to a petition for remark by Fox News Digital.
Pinder has been employed pinch nan U.S. Secret Service since September 2023, an agency spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Pinder is presently connected administrative leave.
"The United States Secret Service takes earnestly immoderate criminal misconduct allegations involving 1 of our employees," said Michael Townsend, typical supplier successful complaint of nan Secret Service Miami Field Office. "We are afloat cooperating pinch nan investigation."
"The Secret Service remains committed to accountability, professionalism, and integrity, and immoderate misconduct will beryllium addressed swiftly and appropriately upon completion of nan investigative and judicial process."
The Secret Servie said it is "fully cooperating pinch nan investigation." (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Kappa Alpha Psi is described connected nan statement website arsenic a "historically African-American fraternity." The nationalist statement was founded successful 1911.
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The Richmond-Perrine Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is not affiliated pinch nan University of Miami, Megan Afkham, adjunct vice president of assemblage communications, told Fox News Digital successful an email.
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One of nan victims is simply a University of Miami School of Law student, Afkham said, but nan section is not connected to nan assemblage aliases its undergraduate chapter.
In a written connection issued by nan nationalist Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Jimmy McMikle, nan organization’s nationalist president, said nan statement "maintains a strict zero-tolerance argumentation connected hazing."
