Secret Service agent John Spillman is off the path toward a hard sentence in Miami.

Prosecutors let him join a pretrial diversion program after his May arrest at a DoubleTree by Hilton near Miami International Airport. Ed Griffith of the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said the court offered the track because the indecent exposure charge is a lesser non-violent offense.

Spillman has six months of classes tied to the case plus self-help and instructional sessions. Finish them and the charges go away. Fail and prosecutors say they will move ahead.

Extra conditions

He also has to finish drug and alcohol education and put in 60 hours of community service. If officials decide he needs a mental health exam he must sit for that too.

A judge added three stay-away orders. One covers the hotel. The other two cover guests who were there on May 4.

How the case started

Police said Spillman followed guests from the lobby to their room and exposed himself in the hallway. Arrest video later showed deputies with tasers out ordering him against a wall. His belt was undone and his pants were open as officers pinned him and cuffed him.

On the recording he admitted he had "too much to drink" and asked if he could pull his pants up.

His lawyer Michael Mirer said Spillman is glad the matter is resolved and that all charges will be dismissed once the program is done.