New photos detail scene where viral star Lieutenant Dan was accused of trying to set a woman on fire

Newly released photos detail one of the more harrowing incidents involving viral star “Lieutenant Dan,” who shot to fame earlier this month for refusing to leave his sailboat as Hurricane Milton made it’s destructive and deadly path towards Tampa, Florida.One-legged sailor Joseph Malinowski, aka “Lieutenant Dan,” took the internet by storm for his defiance of Milton — but in the days following his rise to fame, his voluminous rap sheet surfaced and revealed over a dozen arrests.One of the most shocking arrests was when he was accused of attempting to set a woman on fire just south of West Palm Beach, FL earlier this year.An offense report by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, exclusively obtained by The Post, claims on February 23, 2024, Malinowski was arguing with a woman named Sarah Perry as she was smoking a cigarette nearly 20 feet away with her brother and a friend.Malinowski poured gasoline on the concrete bench between them as she walked closer to the burning bench, while still holding a cigarette, according to the report.

Malinowski then “walks with the crutches, picked up the red gasoline container and splashed Perry with Gasoline.”“She feared for her life due to the potential for the gasoline to ignite due to her holding an ignited cigarette and her proximity to the open flame,” deputy sheriff Ryan Herzog said.The photos show a damaged white bench with black burn marks from the fire and dark patches on the bricked pedestrian walkway.Another photo shows the gallon of gas with an unusual foil food wrapping around the spout sitting on a cement bench next to a black backpack and tree.Authorities suspect he used the gas in the gallon to set the bench on fire and toss onto Perry.Perry then called 911 as an unnamed person moved Malinowski’s crutches to prevent him from using them “as weapons and escaping.”Herzong, the responding deputy sheriff, said Perry’s clothes were wet and that he smelled the odor of gasoline.Malinowski t...