Late last month, officers from the Douglas Police Department arrested a 40-year-old Douglas woman for allegedly stealing a family member’s car. The suspect, Justine Damore, grabbed the victim’s keys when they fell out of her pocket in the bathroom, jumped out of a window, then took the car, according to a Douglas Police Department incident report.
The report states that an officer responded to the call at an apartment complex on North Wheeler Avenue. The victim stated that the suspect, Justine Damore, does not have permission to use the car because she’s stolen it in the past. The victim had the keys and went into the bathroom. The keys fell out of her pocket; Damore came in the bathroom, took the keys, and jumped out of a bedroom window.
The report says that Damore took the vehicle but didn’t leave the apartment complex parking lot. Officers quickly found the car and Damore was not in the vehicle at the time. The victim got her purse out of the vehicle and went back to her apartment. A police officer went with her.
When they arrived at the apartment, Damore was inside but was acting erratically, the report says. She was arrested and charged with theft by taking — motor vehicle. Damore remains in the Coffee County Jail.