Most people will let it slide if you don’t pay them back for a sandwich, or your share of an Uber. But in Maryland, one woman apparently decided that $7 was worth going full supervillain.
Police say 51-year-old Janice Oney was arrested after she intentionally set a man’s front door on fire because he owed her… seven dollars. Not seven hundred. Not seventy. Seven.
The victim told authorities he’d known Janice for years. On July 3rd, she showed up at his home demanding the money. They argued, she left, and for a brief moment, it looked like that was the end of it. Spoiler: it was not.
A few minutes later, Janice allegedly returned armed with a bottle of gasoline. She poured it on his front door, lit it on fire, and then made her getaway… on a bicycle. (Because nothing says “criminal mastermind” like fleeing a blaze at 8 mph.)
Luckily, the man spotted the flames and managed to put them out before they caused serious damage.
Oney is now facing a laundry list of charges, including first- and second-degree arson, malicious burning, reckless endangerment, and destruction of property. Police didn’t say what the $7 debt was for… coffee, gas money, maybe a used lawn chair from Facebook Marketplace… but whatever it was, it clearly wasn’t worth a felony.
So the moral of the story? If Janice is on your Venmo request list, pay up immediately.
