Florida Woman Leaves a Cigarette Burning in a Tissue Box in back seat of BMW After Owner Won't Take Her to Miami

A woman in Palm Beach County, Florida tries to bum a ride with a random person filling up at a gas station. When he declines, she hops in his BMW anyway when he goes to pay for his gas. The BMW owner calls the police and they discover she left a cigarette burning in a tissue box in the back seat after departing from his car.

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Some people don't accept "no" easily, as a Florida woman in Palm Beach County still gets inside a stranger's BMW anyway, which she now likely regrets from behind bars.

The owner didn't want to drive her at least 70 miles south to Miami.

Guess what happened to the Florida woman?

Hint: She didn't make it to Miami.

More details about this story are below.

Florida Woman Almost Causes a Fire Inside BMW at Gas Station

CBS12 News reported that 27-year-old Antonina Pevzer (pictured below) tried to "hitch a ride to Miami" by jumping into his BMW at a Chevron gas station in Palm Beach, but was turned down by the owner.

She didn't like it, and she "cursed at him and flicked him off" as she exited his vehicle.

Antonina Pevzer

When the BMW owner went inside the Chevron to pay, she reportedly hopped back into the backseat of the BMW and lit a cigarette.

(Someone should probably tell her that gasoline is combustible.)

The owner saw her light up the cigarette in his vehicle from inside the gas station. He called the police.

Deputies from Palm Beach Sheriff's Office (PBSO) arrived on the scene, and Pevzer tried to flee when she saw a patrol car arrive. They told her to get on the ground, and they apprehended Pevzer.

At that point, authorities searched the man's BMW for evidence.

That's when they found her cigarette "actively igniting" a box of tissues inside the car. They quickly removed it.

It could have started a fire in the vehicle and been much worse.

Antonina Pevzer was booked into the Palm Beach County jail on Thursday morning. She was charged with unlawful disposal of a lighted object and burglary.

She was still "in custody" at the jail as of Tuesday, 26 December 2023 with a bond of $2,000.

Thoughts

Now it is time for the reader to share their thoughts on this story.

• Have you ever been approached at a gas station by a stranger asking for something?
• What would you say if you were asked to give someone a ride at the gas station?

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Sources

Chevron gas station locations: Find a Gas Station

Myers, Troy. "Woman asked for ride south from driver, was denied, then left lit cigarette in tissue box inside his car." CBS12 News. 26 December 2023.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Facebook page.

Florida Man Meets a Catfish Online and His Encounter in Miami Goes Viral

Sonny

A man named Sonny thought he met the woman of his dreams online, but she turned out to be a catfish (defined as "someone pretending to be someone they are not, or someone that is misrepresenting their looks online). She had many pictures that he liked on Instagram, and he even Facetimed with her before traveling to meet her in person for the first time, online to find out that she used filters to make parts of her body look different. This eventually came out later when they meet in person in Miami.

They First Met Online, but She Looks Different in Person

Their relationship was going pretty good, so they wanted to meet in person. So Sonny paid $400 for the woman to fly to Miami to meet him at his apartment.

But when he actually meets her, he realizes that the images she posted on Instagram were heavily filtered and Photoshopped. Because after meeting her in person, Sonny says: "She looked nothing like her social media photos."

The woman starts to get upset and yell, so he recorded the audio of their encounter. In his personal recording, as she argues that her photos are real, he says: "It's not even a debate, it's not the same thing at all."

Sonny felt that the woman acted like a catfish online. He posted a video of his first time meeting with her in Miami, and his video went viral.

Sonny says that while the woman was not ugly, he was still deceived. He believes she was a catfish online. His viral encounter in person with her was in Miami.

This man's story was featured on Dr. Phil's show, on an episode titled, "Social Media vs. Reality: Addicted to Likes?"

Watch the video below:

Question:

Do you think it's okay for a person you meet online to misrepresent themself online and use filters?

Share your thoughts in the comments section.