PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 Two men involved in a Sept. 17 road-rage confrontation each face a $75,000 bond on separate charges, according to the St. Lucie County Jail website.<\/p>\n
Dean Allen Plotts, 41, faces a charge of burglary with assault or battery. Tylon Robert Kukielka, 57, faces a charge of attempted homicide \u2014 murder, dangerous depraved without premeditation, a first-degree felony.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. near Southwest California Boulevard and Southwest Brevity Terrace, following a misunderstanding between two drivers, according to police reports.<\/p>\n
The confrontation began after one driver believed he was being followed. The vehicles had crossed paths near Southwest Crosstown Parkway, where one driver believed the other had cut him off. Police said there was no intentional following.<\/p>\n
Kukielka was traveling with his girlfriend to her home after visiting a local restaurant. Plotts was traveling in the same direction.<\/p>\n
As the vehicles continued, the situation escalated into a physical confrontation near Southwest Brevity Terrace. Plotts allegedly struck Kukielka with his fist through the open window of Kukielka\u2019s vehicle while Kukielka remained inside, according to police reports.<\/p>\n
Kukielka then fired a handgun, striking Plotts twice in his left wrist and legs, according to police.<\/p>\n
A St. Lucie County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy traveling on Southwest California Boulevard witnessed the incident and detained Kukielka.<\/p>\n
Detectives collected evidence at the scene, including shell casings, and obtained surveillance and dashcam video that captured portions of the confrontation.<\/p>\n
Plotts was booked Sept. 18 at about 10:30 p.m. on the burglary charge, which stemmed from the alleged assault on Kukielka. Kukielka was booked Sept. 18 at 9:06 a.m. on the attempted homicide charge.<\/p>\n
Both men remained in custody as of Sept. 21, according to the jail website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 Two men involved in a Sept. 17 road-rage confrontation each face a $75,000 bond…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172,563],"class_list":["post-406475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st_lucie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}