AVON – Police stormed a Fairfield Inn Hotel after a woman called dispatchers and said there was a man in the lobby who was acting suspicious and “pledged allegiance to ISIS.”

But it turned out, the man didn’t speak English. And he did not pledge allegiance to ISIS. 

In fact, when police confronted the Arab speaking man who barely spoke and understood English, he fainted and had to be rushed to the hospital. 

Avon police got the call around 6 p.m. on Thursday from a woman calling on behalf of her sister, who works on the desk at the inn.

“(A man) in full headdress with multiple disposable phones pledging his allegiance to ISIS,” she told the dispatcher, adding the man was acting panicky. “He’s at the front desk with multiple disposable phones.”

While on the phone with the original caller, the Avon Police Department received a second 911 call from the desk clerk’s father, who also requested police assistance on behalf of his daughter. The man told dispatchers the woman was “in the back”  and terrified.

Within minutes, Avon police officers arrived at the hotel. In front of the hotel officers found an Arabic speaking man standing just outside the front door.

Officers, with their guns drawn, ordered the man to drop his phone and get down to the ground. 

Police said the man did not initially respond to officer’s commands, so they continued to give him orders.

The man eventually complied with the officer’s orders and laid down. 

Police put the man in handcuffs and searched him, but no weapons of any kind were found on the man.

Officers spoke to the hotel’s front desk clerk. That’s when officers learned the man did not make any statements related to ISIS.

Officers said there was a miscommunication between the desk clerk and her relatives.

Police said they immediately removed the man from the handcuffs and officers tried to explain the situation to him. 

During the conversation, the man collapsed. An ambulance, which had already been called in to treat the front desk clerk for a panic attack, was on scene and immediately helped the man.

He was taken to the hospital immediately after he collapsed. 

The incident is currently under investigation by the Avon Police Department.

Marriott, which owns the hotel, released a statement.

 “The unusual behavior of a man that had entered the hotel caused the hotel staff to be concerned. A call was placed to the local authorities who responded right away. As this is a police matter it would be inappropriate to comment further.”