Port Charlotte, FL – A grocery store checkout dispute spiraled into violence when a Port Charlotte man allegedly attacked a couple outside a Publix, blasting them in the face with bug spray, officials said.

Deputies responded around 2 p.m. Sunday, August 31, to the Publix on Cochran Boulevard after reports of an altercation. Investigators said Daniel John Kenel, 65, became upset with a woman in the checkout line when she told him she was already waiting for her husband and would not let him cut ahead.

As the couple placed their items on the conveyor belt, Kenel began unloading his groceries as well, sparking a heated argument. When the woman’s husband intervened, Kenel abandoned his cart and stormed out of the store.

Outside, Kenel allegedly repositioned his vehicle and waited. As the c

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