Half-naked former state attorney arrested in Hotel Duval incident

Karl Etters | Tallahassee Democrat

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A former assistant state attorney from Crestview is facing criminal charges after police say he ran nearly nude through Hotel Duval Sunday night, pulled the fire alarm and sprayed several guests in the face with a fire extinguisher as they left their rooms.

Ryan P. Campbell is charged with battery, grand theft of a fire extinguisher, obstructing a firefighter, battery of an EMT and disorderly conduct.

Campbell worked in the State Attorney’s Office in Shalimar from June 2011 to August 2013, according to First Circuit Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille. Campbell's main duties were in the misdemeanor and juvenile divisions.

The First Circuit includes Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties. Campbell's law license is in good standing.

Campbell, according to court records, was being disruptive at the Monroe Street hotel’s rooftop bar Level 8 at about 11 p.m. A hotel employee was escorting Campbell to the lobby to get another room key when he “palmed” the employee’s crotch, arrest records said. The employee then left the 31-year-old on the sixth floor to call the police.

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When the employee found Campbell again, he was running down the hallway yelling “help” and wearing only a thong and a shirt. He eluded employees and police by running out of an emergency exit while carrying two fire extinguishers as the hotel’s fire alarms sounded.

Campbell sprayed several patrons and a hotel employee with a fire extinguisher before fleeing to the valet parking lot along Calhoun Street where he was apprehended.

Three people told police they heard the fire alarms and left their rooms only to be sprayed in the face with a fire extinguisher by Campbell, according to court records.

As Campbell was being transported to the hospital, officers say, he kicked emergency medical personnel.

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