MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A woman is facing three felony charges, including arson and attempted murder, after setting a man she met on Tinder - and his car - on fire. Destiny Lenai Johnson, 25, was booked into jail Monday in connection with the late November incident.
According to an arrest report, the victim’s first meeting with Johnson, whom he knew as “Tiny,” the name she apparently used on her Tinder account, went fine, he told police. Police said on Nov. 16, he picked her up from the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Kendall East, located at 11520 N. Kendall Drive, and the pair purchased and smoked marijuana on Southwest Eighth Street before returning to the hotel. The man told police the pair never had sex. Their second encounter, however, did not end well. Police said on Nov. 25, Johnson messaged the man at around 5 a.m. and asked him to meet her at the hotel.
Johnson, carrying a one-gallon Zephyrhills water jug containing a yellowish liquid, opened the door of the man’s car and told him she needed money to help fix her car, the report states.
According to the report, the victim told Johnson he “did not appreciate” her asking him to come out to the hotel without telling him she just wanted money, but offered her the $60 he had on him to “help her out anyway.” Police said Johnson became quickly enraged and yelled “you guys are out to get me!”
She then poured the contents of the jug, which smelled like gasoline, onto the passenger’s seat of his car, the report states. Police said as the man tried to push the jug out of the car some of the liquid also spilled onto him. Johnson then pulled out a lighter and set fire to the vehicle’s interior, the victim’s right arm and, presumably by accident, herself.
C'mon baby light my fire.
ReplyDelete"Tiny" Johnson? She might to be able to carry the handle but if it was a dude...
ReplyDeleteI guess he just met his Destiny a bit early.
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