text: An off-duty Secret Service agent was arrested this morning in Washington D.C. 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 D.C. 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 DailyMail.com 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.
target: 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 .