{"id":19152,"date":"2026-07-27T19:58:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19152"},"modified":"2026-07-27T19:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:58:44","slug":"secret-service-agent-charged-in-near-fatal-hazing-with-canes-and-paddles-that-led-to-kidney-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19152","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service agent charged in near-fatal hazing with canes and paddles that led to kidney failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-bedc08\" class=\"body-graf\">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.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"styles_subscriptionCTA__LOUeY\" id=\"subscriptionCTA\" type=\"button\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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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\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5f25b0\" class=\"body-graf\">Pinder held the title \u201cdean of pledges\u201d for the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at the University of Miami in Coral Gables.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d04301\" class=\"body-graf\">Two pledges, identified only as Victim 1 and Victim 2, were \u201csubjected to severe beatings,\u201d according to an arrest warrant written by Sweetwater police Detective Kevin Espinosa and Miami-Dade County Sheriff\u2019s Detective Alejandro Venturin.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9ff4f1\" class=\"body-graf\">It wasn\u2019t immediately clear how or why the 29-year-old Pinder would have such intimate connections to a college frat.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cf074f\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cAn investigation revealed evidence of alleged hazing incidents involving prolonged and repeated beatings with canes and paddles,\u201d prosecutors said in statement. \u201cA failure to correctly answer questions about the fraternity allegedly led to the beatings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-41bc09\" class=\"body-graf\">The alleged hazing began inside an apartment on April 1 in Sweetwater, Florida, and continued into April 2 and 3 at that location, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3bc85e\" class=\"body-graf\">The hazing kept going into April 4, at a residence in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, officials said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-05c8b5\" class=\"body-graf\">The beatings caused Victim 1 to have to receive \u201cextensive skin grafts\u201d to his backside that had been \u201cblackened by the presence of necrontic skin\/tissue,\u201d according to the arrest warrat.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-fe7e42\" class=\"body-graf\">That victim \u201ccontinues to suffer from extreme pain and discomfort as a results of the\u201d alleged beatings, the warrant said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-2b6856\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cAdditionally, \u2018Victim 1\u2019s\u2019 mobility and quality of life have been significantly impacted,\u201d according to the arrest warrant. \u201cHad \u2018Victim 1\u2019 not received necessary emergency medical care, his injuries would have resulted in renal failure leading to death.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5edc75\" class=\"body-graf\">Victim 2 told investigators he was not a hazing victim but admitted to seeking medical care for injuries to his backside in April, officials said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-67c38b\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThese external and internal injuries mirrored those suffered by \u2018Victim 1\u2019 and were consistent with the statement provided by \u2018Victim  1\u2019 that \u2018Victim 2\u2019 was subjected to severe beatings to his backside,\u201d the arrest warrant said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ebe73c\" class=\"body-graf\">All three suspects were in custody on Monday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c2c935\" class=\"body-graf\">While hazing 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