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Orlando firefighter accused of damaging Key West hotel room, threatening to kill officer

Daniel Allis (MCSO)

KEY WEST, Fla. ā€“ An Orlando firefighter is facing multiple felony charges in the Florida Keys after police arrested him Thursday morning, having accused him of causing significant damage to a Key West hotel room and threatening officers following a domestic dispute.

According to the Key West Police Department, officers responded to the Fairfield Inn & Suites at 2400 N. Roosevelt Blvd. at around 12:45 a.m. regarding a domestic argument between Daniel Edward Allis, 37, and his wife.

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Police said Allis ā€œcaused substantial damages to the hotel room, disturbed the peace and quiet of the other hotel guests and physically resisted and threatened officers on scene.ā€

According to an arrest report, officers arrived at the scene as a heavily-intoxicated Allis was breaking a window.

An officer wrote that the ā€œtrashedā€ room had shattered glass throughout due to multiple picture frames being broken and multiple smashed wine bottles. Police also said belongings were violently strewn about.

A neighboring guest told police that the drunken rampage, which caused more than $1,000 in damage, had gone on for about 30 minutes, the report states.

Police said Allis, of Satellite Beach, became ā€œbelligerentā€ with officers and told them he was in town for boat races and ā€œwas a member of the safety team,ā€ repeating that he had been a firefighter and EMT for 15 years.

As officers questioned him, he became aggressive and police said he was ā€œcombativeā€ as officers tried to place him in a cruiser and later spit on the arresting officer.

The report states Allis continued to be violent after being taken to jail and told an officer he would ā€œfindā€ him and ā€œkillā€ him, later telling jail staff the same. Police said he also called female deputies ā€œb----esā€ and ā€œc--tsā€ and required a spit shield due to multiple attempts to spit on jailers.

Officers arrested Allis on two felony extortion charges, a felony criminal mischief charge and a felony charge of resisting an officer with violence, according to jail records. Heā€™s also facing a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge.

Records show he was being held in the Monroe County Sheriffā€™s Office jail facility in Key West as of Thursday afternoon. He was jailed on a $31,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned in court next Friday.

Police said they informed the Orlando Fire Department of Allisā€™ arrest.

ā€œThe Orlando Fire Department was made aware of the arrest of Firefighter Allis while off-duty,ā€ an OFD spokesperson said Thursday afternoon. ā€œAs per our policy, each case will go through the appropriate legal process. Disciplinary action will be based on the outcome.ā€


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