ORIGINAL POST: A recently-opened gay bar in New York “suffered substantial damage” over the weekend when an unknown suspect walked into the bar, poured gaslone on the floor and then let a match, according to a report on. If convicted, Lhota faces a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment or a maximum of 40 years.
When the gasoline did not ignite, the suspect leaned down and lit the gasoline with a cigarette lighter, causing the gasoline to burst into flame and causing an explosion. Video from the bar shows the arsonist pouring the gasoline on the floor and then tossing a lit cigarette into the gasoline to try and ignite it. Department of Justice, there is video of Lhota buying a red gas canister at a service station and filling it with gasoline on the evening of Apr. Lhota is also accused of assaulting a woman in his apartment building three days prior to setting the fire at Rash.Īccording to the U.S. UPDATE: John Lhota, 24, has been arrested in connection with an April 3 arson fire at a Brooklyn LGBTQ bar called Rash that caused extensive damage to the bar injured two people. A photo on the Instagram for Rash, the Brooklyn gay bar, shows some of the damage caused in an arsonist walked in, poured gasoline on the floor and set it on fire.
