Hurricane 'hero' Lieutenant Dan arrested in Florida for fighting

Florida antheral Joseph Malinowski roseate to net fame aft posting arsenic Lieutenant Dan connected TikTok portion helium rode retired the 120mph winds of Hurricane Milton connected his 20ft boat

A sailor who went viral aft helium decided to thrust out Hurricane Milton connected his vessel has been arrested aft cops said helium was refusing to determination his vessel.

Florida antheral Joseph Malinowski, who roseate to internet fame aft posting arsenic Lieutenant Dan connected TikTok was arrested by Tampa Police Department officers connected Friday.

Officers made the apprehension aft the 54-year-old refused to determination his vessel implicit an alleged wellness hazard. At a gathering connected Thursday cops told Malinowski helium did not person a due grounds of discarded disposal connected his boat, oregon an accessible marine sanitation device.

The one-legged seafarer was ordered to determination his vessel from the Bayshore Linear Park connected Thursday arsenic cops said it was a nationalist wellness hazard - but it was inactive determination connected Friday morning.

When constabulary returned connected Friday Malinowski was arrested and taken to jailhouse - connected his apprehension announcement his concern was listed arsenic ‘Tik Tok Star’.

Malinowski roseate to fame posting connected Tiktok arsenic ‘Lieutenant Dan’ a sanction helium reportedly earned aft helium mislaid his limb successful a car clang erstwhile helium was 16. In the Stephen Spielberg movie Forrest Gump Lieutenant Dan is simply a Vietnam seasoned who mislaid some legs beneath the genu and who rides retired a tempest successful his sportfishing boat.

Malinowski revealed connected the level that helium would not beryllium heeding evacuation warnings up of Hurricane Milton and alternatively helium intended to thrust retired the tempest connected his 20-foot boat.

“The safest spot to beryllium is connected a vessel successful a flood. We learned that with Noah,” helium told his followers. “Everyone that stayed connected onshore drowned. Noah and the animals lived. I'm not worried. My life, this is thing compared to what I've been through. This doesn't scare me.

“This is not adjacent a insignificant inconvenience due to the fact that each that's going to hap is everyone is going to get wet, but I'm going to beryllium good due to the fact that I'm successful a vessel that floats.” Malinowski shared his acquisition riding retired the 120mph tempest with his much than 242,900 followers.

After the hurricane a GoFundMe was acceptable up for him raising $44,000 for a caller vessel and net streamer Adin Ross besides agreed to bargain Malinowski a caller boat.

As helium has grown much celebrated online a drawstring of run-ins with the instrumentality person surfaced. Malowski has had much than 70 contacts with constabulary successful Florida and North Carolina since 2012, according to Mail Online.

He has convictions for battle and petty crimes and has been accused of cause possession, assault, resisting police, burglary, battery, among others. Most precocious helium served six months successful situation for punching a constabulary serviceman successful the nose. He was released successful 2022.

He is owed to look successful tribunal aboriginal this twelvemonth successful a quality implicit the ownership of his boat.