Around 1 AM, our guest, Mrs. Anna Brown, came to the front desk. She
was visibly distraught, to the point where she was shaking. I could
tell something was wrong, she said she was in a domestic with her
husband and that she did not want him in the room tonight. I advised
her the best way to handle this would be to call 911, she told me I
don’t care what you do I just don’t him here. Around 101AM I made her
a new key. Mr. Brown came in and tried to make conversation with her.
She stated, “You need to leave.” Once they got into the elevator I
called 911 and informed them of the situation. During my phone call
with 911, the babysitter came down to leave I had stopped her (1:05
AM) to ask her if everything was ok and if they said anything to her
in the room. She said they just paid her and she left. I had also
asked her the age of the kids she stated “5 and 7”.
While I was on the phone with dispatch, a phone call come in (caller
id said it was Brian Brown I was not able to answer it). I got off the
phone with the police at 1:07 AM. At 1:10 AM Deputy S. Dickey came
into the hotel and walked up to the front desk. She asked me what was
going on and I told her. She then asked me who was in the room, I
pulled the registration card and showed her the information we had on
file, which stated the names on the room, I also informed her that
there were kids in the room aged 5 & 7. Then at 1:12 am Deputy N.
Burns entered with his partner and got the brief form deputy Dickey.
At which point they went up to the room. At 1:15 am Deputy Dickey
knocked on the door. Mrs. Brown came out of the room and was taken
over to in front of the elevators. Deputy Dickey entered the room.
Around 130 am Deputy Burns and his partner brought Mrs. Brown back
into camera view. ( You can see her crying and visibly upset on the
cameras). At this point, Deputy Dickey escorted Mr. Brown to the
elevators. At 132 am Deputy Burns approached the desk and informed me
of what was going on. He also informed me that Mr. Brown will be
sleeping In his car and that he will surrender his room key. I told
Deputy Burns I do not have a problem with that; as long as Mr. Brown
does not attempt to drive his car or come back into the building.
Deputy Burns agreed with me and said he will tell Mr. Brown that. Then
at 1:36 am Deputy Burns and his partner left the desk and went out
front. At 1:37 Deputy Dickey came back in to finish up any questions I
had and I had told her the same thing that I told Deputy Burns (about
Mr. Brown driving). She said that if he does leave the campus, to give
them a callback. At 1:39 am I called Lauren to tell her what had
happened. This call lasted 3 minutes and 33 seconds.
At 1:46 AM I pulled out my personal laptop to begin typing this up, (
while watching the footage so I could get the time stamps correct).
Mr.Brown Came to the desk and asked me to close out his bill. I told
him I could not close out the room and tax, as it has not been posted
yet but I’d be more than happy to close out his bar charges. He said
that was fine. So that’s what I did. Then approximately. 1:57 AM, he
drove off campus and headed towards route 50 after making a left out
of our parking lot. At this point following the deputies instructions,
I called 911 and reported that he had left. The dispatcher said thank
you, and shortly after I saw a sheriff's car drive through the parking
lot.