Newly launched pictures element one of many extra harrowing incidents involving viral star “Lieutenant Dan,” who shot to fame earlier this month for refusing to go away his sailboat as Hurricane Milton made it’s damaging and lethal path in the direction of Tampa, Florida.
One-legged sailor Joseph Malinowski, aka “Lieutenant Dan,” took the web by storm for his defiance of Milton — however within the days following his rise to fame, his voluminous rap sheet surfaced and revealed over a dozen arrests.
Some of the stunning arrests was when he was accused of trying to set a girl on fireplace simply south of West Palm Seashore, FL earlier this 12 months.
An offense report by the Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Workplace, completely obtained by The Publish, claims on February 23, 2024, Malinowski was arguing with a girl named Sarah Perry as she was smoking a cigarette almost 20 toes away along with her brother and a buddy.
Malinowski poured gasoline on the concrete bench between them as she walked nearer to the burning bench, whereas nonetheless holding a cigarette, in line with the report. Malinowski then “walks with the crutches, picked up the crimson gasoline container and splashed Perry with Gasoline.”
“She feared for her life because of the potential for the gasoline to ignite because of her holding an ignited cigarette and her proximity to the open flame,” deputy sheriff Ryan Herzog mentioned.
The pictures present a broken white bench with black burn marks from the hearth and darkish patches on the bricked pedestrian walkway.
One other photograph exhibits the gallon of gasoline with an uncommon foil meals wrapping across the spout sitting on a cement bench subsequent to a black backpack and tree.
Authorities suspect he used the gasoline within the gallon to set the bench on fireplace and toss onto Perry.
Perry then known as 911 as an unnamed individual moved Malinowski’s crutches to forestall him from utilizing them “as weapons and escaping.”
Herzong, the responding deputy sheriff, mentioned Perry’s garments have been moist and that he smelled the odor of gasoline.
Malinowski advised Herzong that Perry had “thrown a number of cans at him” although the deputy didn’t discover any cans within the space.
The report provides that Malinowski admitted to lighting the bench on fireplace to “burn the residue off” however denied placing any on Perry.
The deputy sheriff concluded in his report that Malinowski “did deliberately throw gasoline” at Perry.
“Lieutenant Dan” was charged with aggravated battery with a lethal weapon. He wasn’t charged for setting the bench on fireplace as a result of there wasn’t everlasting harm.
Malinowski obtained his “Lieutenant Dan” nickname from TikTok person Terrence Concannon because of his resemblance to the one-legged Forrest Gump character. Concannon even arrange a GoFundMe for Malinowski however he’s not but obtained the total quantity of the $46,000 raised.
The sailor briefly had a cope with the streaming platform Kick however the founder Adin Ross pulled it after Malinowski spewed a racial slur throughout his first livestream. Days later it was introduced that Ross as a substitute gave a deal to Concannon.
Malinowski was later banned from going reside on TikTok for seven days after he went on a homophobic rant early Tuesday morning.