Secret Service agent charged in near-fatal hazing with canes and paddles that led to kidney failure

A Secret Service agent in Florida and two others were arrested in connection to a brutal, days-long college hazing ritual that nearly ended in death, officials said Sunday.

A Secret Service agent in Florida and two others were arrested in connection to a brutal, days-long college hazing ritual that nearly ended in death, officials said Sunday.

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Marquez Christopher Pinder, 29, was placed on administrative leave and the Secret Service is “fully cooperating with the investigation,” according to a statement by Special Agent in Charge Michael Townsend, who runs the agency’s Miami field office.

Pinder, Jared Lamar James, 26, and Elijah Delano Dyous, 29, have also been booked on suspicion of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and hazing with a deadly weapon, according to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.