an off duty secret service agent was arrested this morning in washington dc after allegedly attempting to break into a house at midnight agent arthur baldwin was taken into custody at 12:30am on friday on a residential street in south eastern dc by the metropolitan police he has been hit with a felony charge of attempted burglary and another of destruction of property residential: baldwin was arrested here, on the 3200 block of d street se, not long after midnight friday  the metropolitan police department told dailymailcom that baldwin was arrested by officers returning to the scene of the alleged crime, on the 3200 block of d street se the agency revoked baldwin's security clearance and put him on leave in light of the arrest he was posted with the foreign missions branch of the service, which works with  the agency revoked his security clearance and put baldwin on leave when the arrest emerged agent baldwin is posted to the foreign missions branch, which is attached to the state department and deals with the united states' diplomatic activities court records show baldwin was to be arraigned friday afternoon the records do not list an attorney for baldwin and a telephone number could not be located baldwin's arrest comes two days after a high ranking supervisor was also put on leave after he was accused of misconduct in a case that is also being investigated by police the homeland security department's inspector general is investigating the allegations of misconduct by the supervisor baldwin's arrest and the earlier allegation of misconduct are the latest black eyes for the agency responsible for protecting the president and his family the inspector general is already investigating a march 4 incident in which two high ranking agency officials are accused of driving into a secure area at the white house after a night of drinking
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agent arthur baldwin arrested in south east washington at 12:30am friday  charged with a felony charge of first degree attempted burglary  agent baldwin, posted to foreign missions branch, was placed on leave  secret service bosses also suspended his security clearance 