PANAMA CITY — The officer
arrested by Lynn Haven police on felony domestic violence charges has been
arrested again — this time by the police department he worked for — for a
similar incident that allegedly occurred six months ago.
Former Panama City Police
officer Durandell Daniels, 37, was arrested last week by Lynn Haven Police for
a felony and a misdemeanor stemming from allegations that he choked and beat
his girlfriend. He was arrested again Monday afternoon by Panama City Police,
and he was fired Tuesday, according to his personnel file.
“We are extremely suspicious of
the timing and nature of these allegations, and Officer Daniels is looking
forward to having his day in court, said Rusty Shepard, the attorney
representing Daniels.
The new charges against
Daniels, a five-year veteran of the PCPD, are felony aggravated stalking and
felony domestic battery by strangulation. The felony domestic battery charge
stems from an incident in Panama City on Sept. 8, 2013, and is very similar to
the incident in Lynn Haven for which he was arrested last week.
Both felony domestic violence
by strangulation charges are for allegedly choking his girlfriend, Shay Dorsey,
during arguments. Daniels is accused of driving through the parking lot at
Dorsey’s workplace and following her.
Lynn Haven charged him with
both misdemeanor domestic battery and felony domestic battery by strangulation
for allegedly choking and punching Dorsey, who declined to comment Tuesday.
Panama City Police Lt. Mark
Laramore didn’t return a call for comment, so it was not clear why the charge
was filed six months after the incident.
Judge Thomas Welch ordered
Daniels into the pretrial release program during a bond hearing Tuesday. Welch
also ordered Daniels into the PTRP during his first court appearance last week