Clearwater Couple Arrested Following Stabbing At Dunedin Causeway

DUNEDIN, FL -- Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a Clearwater couple following the stabbing of a New Port Richey man on Dunedin Causeway Sunday.

The stabbing occurred at 5:23 p.m. on May 19 on the Dunedin Causeway at 62 Causeway Blvd. in Dunedin.

Deputies responded to the scene and found 54-year-old Dwayne Rouleau of Glenmoor Drive, New Port Richey, accompanied by his stepson, 19-year-old Christopher Gourla, being treated by paramedics for multiple stab wounds.

They were told the people who had committed the assault had just left the causeway in a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Deputies quickly located and pulled over the truck driven by Javier Solis, 41, with Lynette Kist, 48, in the passenger seat. Both live at the same address on Indigo Drive in Clearwater.

Upon investigating what occurred, deputies learned that Solis and Kist were parked on the southwest causeway beach next to Rouleau and his stepson. At some point during the day, the couple got into an argument with Rouleau. Witnesses said Kist walked up behind Rouleau and placed him in a headlock. Gourlay pulled Kist off his stepfather. Solis then went to his truck and retrieved a knife. He tried pulling Kist out of the way, accidentally cutting her with the knife.

Witnesses told deputies that Solis then stabbed Rouleau multiple times in the torso and battered Gourlay with his fists.

Deputies learned that, prior to being stopped, Kist threw the knife used in the stabbing out the passenger window of the truck into the Intracoastal waterway.

Rouleau was transported to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Gourlay was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

Kist was also transported to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Deputies arrested Solis and transported him to the Pinellas County Jail where he was charged with one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, one count of battery and one count of tampering with physical evidence.

Immediately after being released from the hospital, deputies arrested Kist and transported her to the Pinellas County Jail where she was charged with one count of battery and one count of tampering with physical evidence.