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"A 2-year-old road rage case out of Jeffersonville came to a close Monday with the suspect walking away on probation, but with a hefty bill to pay to the victim's family.That bill is to the tune of 100,000 to the victim's family.But the suspect, Michael Shelby, will only have to pay about $18,000 of that. It's a price that satisfies the victims, who are still struggling with the trauma of that day in Nov. 2010.Heather Cullum said her husband, Matthew, doesn't remember the day he was beaten almost to death in a road rage incident. She said she still lives with it and her 911 call every day.\"Two guys just beat the (expletive) out of him. They tried to run me off the road. And when we pulled over and they got out from behind him and beat the (expletive) out of him and knocked him unconscious,\" said Cullum. \"His teeth are bust out, he's bleeding, they got him in the back of the head.\"Two years and two months later, Shelby accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to three years for intimidation, battery and criminal mischief.\"With what he was facing, we knocked his B felonies into misdemeanors and just probation. So he was pretty happy with the way it turned out,\" said defense attorney Brad Jacobs.His family, visibly emotional, said despite the plea deal, Shelby wasn't the real suspect.\"Michael wasn't the one who sent him to the hospital! It was the other guy that was with Michael!\" said Shelby's mother, Tara Pope. \"The other guy that was with Michael was the one who beat and stomped the crap out of Matt!\"In Nov. 2010, police said the Cullums were having car trouble when they started to slow down. Shelby and a juvenile passenger were behind them in an SUV. Witnesses said Shelby's car was about to ram the malfunctioning sedan.When they both pulled over, Shelby and the passenger got out and started beating Matthew Cullum, kicking him unconscious and causing cranial bleeding and brain trauma. Restitution of $100,000 is meant to help with Cullum's medical bills.\"This is what the victim wanted. They have medical debts and bills that will weigh them down for years to come, and their main purpose was to get some of this money back,\" said Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jeremy Mull.Heather Cullum said her husband has never been the same since the beating.Right now, the victim, Matthew Cullum, is behind bars for violating probation on a charge of battery resulting in bodily harm and failure to appear in court. He faces a sentence of two years in jail.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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