2026年11月9日 美国东部时间下午6:12 / CBS新闻
据知情人士向CBS新闻透露，美国法警署一名高级官员已被停职接受内部调查，原因是他涉嫌参与一起针对黑人同事的种族主义事件。
调查行动处助理主任彼得·马基托斯（Peter Marketos）被解除职务，涉嫌事件是他将一个西瓜放在一名黑人副助理主任的办公桌上。消息人士称，该员工在同一部门直接向马基托斯汇报工作。
目前尚不清楚这起事件的起因，部分副警长将其称为“西瓜门”。目前也不清楚是马基托斯本人放置了西瓜，还是由他下属的其他人员放置。
一名发言人表示：“美国法警署严肃对待对署内人员任何不当行为的指控。”
“上述涉嫌行为不符合法警署的核心价值观：正义、正直与服务。尽管我们承认公众对透明度和问责制的关注，但联邦隐私法禁止讨论人事事务。”
CBS新闻已联系马基托斯以及该事件的涉事对象，希望获得置评。
这些指控引发了外界对这家隶属于司法部的联邦执法机构领导层内部问责制和职场动态的新疑问。西瓜形象长期被用作针对美国黑人的贬损性种族刻板印象。
消息人士补充称，该事件在副警长内部引发担忧，他们认为这种行为有悖于法警署的形象，反映了不应容忍的令人不安的种族主义行为。
其中一名消息人士表示，马基托斯在官网的个人资料已被删除，预计他将被解雇。
据一名知情人士透露，美国法警署的员工上周收到一封简短电子邮件，获悉唐·斯奈德（Don Snider）将于11月9日（周一）接任调查行动处的领导职务。
马基托斯是法警署的资深成员，在该机构任职二十余年间曾担任多个重要领导职位。他于2002年以副美国法警的身份开启职业生涯，随后负责监管性犯罪者调查、逃犯缉捕以及战术行动。
2023年3月，马基托斯被任命为华盛顿特区代理美国法警，同年晚些时候被任命为调查行动处助理主任。近三年后，他又被任命为弗吉尼亚东区代理美国法警。马基托斯此前曾担任调查代理副主任，并于2025年9月就华盛顿特区联邦执法特别工作组的运作情况向参议院司法委员会作证。
调查行动处负责监管法警署的核心执法职能，包括逃犯调查以及追踪和通缉罪犯的相关工作。
马基托斯的妹妹罗斯·马基托斯（Rose Marketos）是一名联邦调查局特工，被派去调查所谓的“大阴谋”案件，该案旨在调查奥巴马和拜登时期的情报官员是否合谋阻止特朗普总统就职。负责南佛罗里达这一调查的联邦首席检察官上周宣布辞职。
彼得·马基托斯的继任者斯奈德长期在法警署任职。他此前担任首席监察官兼首都地区区域逃犯特别工作组指挥官，该工作组负责协调联邦、州和地方执法机构的力量，以缉捕华盛顿都会区的暴力逃犯。
本报道于2026年11月9日下午6:12首次发布于CBS新闻。
U.S. Marshals Service official sidelined over alleged role in racist incident, sources say
November 9, 2026 / 6:12 PM EST / CBS News
One of the top officials at the U.S. Marshals Service has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation over his alleged involvement in a racist incident targeting a Black colleague, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Peter Marketos, the assistant director of the Investigative Operations Division, was relieved of his duties after he was allegedly involved in an incident in which a watermelon was left on the desk of a deputy assistant director, who is Black. That employee worked directly under Marketos in the same division, the sources said.
It was not immediately clear what prompted the incident — which some deputies are calling “watermelon-gate.” It was also not immediately clear whether Marketos placed the fruit himself, or if it was placed by someone else under his supervision.
“The U.S. Marshals Service takes seriously any allegation of misconduct by USMS personnel,” a spokesperson said.
“The alleged actions do not reflect the core values of the USMS: Justice, Integrity and Service. While we recognize the public interest in transparency and accountability, federal privacy laws prohibit discussion of personnel matters.”
CBS News has reached out to Marketos and the target of the alleged incident for comment.
The allegations have raised new questions about accountability and workplace dynamics within the leadership ranks of the federal law enforcement agency, housed under the Department of Justice. Watermelon imagery has a long history of use in derogatory racial stereotypes against Black Americans.
Internally, the incident has sparked concern among deputy marshals, who believe it is beneath the Marshals Service and reflects disturbing racist behavior that should not be tolerated, the sources added.
Marketos’ bio on the website has since been removed, and he is expected to be terminated, one of the sources said.
Staff at the U.S. Marshals Service were informed in a brief email last week that Don Snider would assume leadership of the Investigative Operations Division on Monday, Nov. 9, according to a source familiar with the personnel change.
Marketos is a veteran of the Marshals Service and previously held a number of prominent leadership positions during his more than two decades with the agency. He began his career as a deputy U.S. marshal in 2002 and he subsequently oversaw sex offender investigations, fugitive apprehensions and tactical operations.
In March 2023, Marketos was assigned to be acting U.S. marshal for the District of Columbia, before being named assistant director of the Investigative Operations Division later the same year. Nearly three years later, he was also designated acting U.S. marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia. Marketos has previously served as acting associate director for investigations and testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2025 about the federal law enforcement task force operating in Washington, D.C.
The Investigative Operations Division oversees some of the Marshals Service’s core law enforcement functions, including fugitive investigations and the agency’s efforts to track and arrest wanted criminals.
Marketos’ sister, Rose Marketos, is an agent at the FBI who was assigned to investigate the so-called “grand conspiracy” case that is probing whether Obama- and Biden-era intelligence officials conspired to keep President Trump out of office. The top federal prosecutor overseeing that investigation in South Florida announced his resignation last week.
Peter Marketos’ replacement, Snider, has long served in the Marshals Service. He previously held the title of chief inspector and commander of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, which coordinates efforts among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to apprehend violent fugitives in the Washington metropolitan area.
This story published first on CBS News at 6:12 p.m. on Nov. 9, 2026.
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