After going viral on social media for remaining in his boat during Hurricane Milton, Joseph Malinowski has been arrested.

A Florida man named Joseph Malinowski, nicknamed "Lieutenant Dan," who went viral for refusing to leave his small home boat ahead of Hurricane Helena and Milton, was arrested Friday, October 18, 2024.

Joseph Malinowski, who went viral for claiming he would ride out Hurricane Milton inside his houseboat, was arrested Friday ...

Joseph John Malinowski was arrested Friday after officers warned him to leave a Tampa, Fla., park the day before, a Tampa Bay ...

Joseph Malinowski, who gained internet fame because of his risky decisions to ride out Hurricane Helene and Milton on his ...

A Florida man known as "Lieutenant Dan" who went viral for claiming he was refusing to leave his small home boat ahead of Hurricane Milton has now been arrested for failing to leave a park-side dock.

Lieutenant Dan, whose real name is Joseph Malinowski, shot to viral fame on TikTok after revealing he had no plans to ...

Florida’s viral sensation “Lieutenant Dan,” a man who gained internet fame for riding out Hurricane Milton on his 22-foot ...

Joseph Malinowski, 54, who gained TikTok fame as "Lieutenant Dan," became an overnight sensation after deciding to ride out ...

Joseph Malinowski, aka Lieutenant Dan on TikTok, who was ardent about riding out Hurricane Milton from his small sailboat in Tampa’s harbor, has now reportedly agreed to evacuate. On Wednesday ...

Your support makes all the difference. A woman who says she’s the daughter of Joseph Malinowski, 54 — a Tampa, Florida man who went viral and was dubbed “Lieutenant Dan” for his decision ...

And he did survive. "I wasn’t going anywhere," Joseph Malinowski told Fox News Digital during an interview after the storm. "I never planned on leaving. The storm didn’t scare me because I ...