- January 17, 2025
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A Daytona Beach Police Officer has been arrested and charged with domestic violence misdemeanor battery for allegedly grabbing a woman by the neck after she refused to have sex with him.
Officer Justin Dunne, 37, went out with a woman for drinks on Nov. 30, then, after they returned to his house at around 1 a.m. Dec. 1, “became upset because she was leaving and that she would not have intercourse with him,” according to his arrest report.
He grabbed her on the back of the neck to keep her from leaving, and the pain from being grabbed led her to drop to her knees, causing a minor laceration which was bleeding when she later spoke to Port Orange police officers, according to the report.
"She yelled 'No' twice, but she does not know if Justin let go or if she was able to pull away from him," the report states.
She also dropped her car keys and phone, which Dunne grabbed before locking her out of the house, telling her, “Good luck getting in the house tonight,” the report stated.
The woman, unable to use her car because Dunne had taken her keys, walked away and flagged down a police officer, asking if she could use his cell phone to call her father to pick her up.
She was reluctant to speak, tearfully telling the officer that she didn’t want to get Dunne in trouble, according to the report.
Dunne, a 16-year Daytona Beach Police Department employee, has been placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation, according to the DBPD.
