Homosassa man, Daniel Ball, first of pardoned Capitol insurrectionists to be rearrested after Presidential pardon

January 22, 2025

On the evening of inauguration day, Tuesday, January 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Capitol Insurrection that occurred on the afternoon of January 6, 2021 during a joint session of the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.; the session was held to certify the Electoral College vote count of the 2020 Presidential Election that had taken place on November 3, 2020.

One of the many pardoned was 39 year-old Daniel Charles Ball, of Homosassa, Florida, who was awaiting trial, accused of throwing an explosive device into a tunnel during the riot that is said to have injured several police officers.

After his arrest in May 2023, Ball had been denied bond due to his charges being among the more violent and serious offenses brought against the Capitol insurrectionists. He is also the first of the rioters to be rearrested after the Presidential pardon

Ball was arrested on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, on a warrant obtained in August 2024 by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on charges of possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition as a convicted felon. The warrant referred to Ball as a “two-time convicted felon with prior convictions for domestic violence battery by strangulation and resisting law enforcement with violence.”

Ball's previous convictions were the result of a domestic incident in June 2017 and a law enforcement traffic stop in October 2022, both in Florida.

According to People magazine, during Ball's January 22, 2025 arrest, police seized a .22 caliber rifle and ammunition from his home.

SEE BELOW - MAY 2, 2023 PRESS RELEASE ABOUT BALL'S ORIGINAL ARREST ON FEDERAL CHARGES.

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Florida Man Arrested on Felony Charges For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

Link to Statement of Facts (and photos) included with Tuesday, May 2, 2023 Press Release, below: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1582351/dl.

Tuesday, May 2, 2023
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia

WASHINGTON — A Florida man has been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting a law enforcement officer, for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

Daniel Ball, 38, of Homosassa Florida, is charged with the felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon; using fire or an explosive to commit any felony; obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder; entering or remaining on restricted grounds without lawful authority to do so while carrying or using a deadly or dangerous weapon; knowingly engaging in any act of physical violence while carrying or using a deadly or dangerous weapon; disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds while carrying or using a deadly or dangerous weapon; and misdemeanor offenses of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; acts of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or buildings; and stealing government property.

According to court documents, Ball entered the United States Capitol at 3:29 p.m. through the Senate Wing door. While inside, Ball pried a large, linear broken piece of a wooden shutter from a window in the Senate connecting corridor before exiting the building. Ball then joined other rioters on the Lower West Terrace on the nearly completed inaugural stage.

From outside the Lower West Terrace Entrance, Ball worked with other rioters to violently push against fully uniformed police officers attempting to keep individuals out of the Capitol Building. When that attempt was unsuccessful, Ball moved back into the crowd and threw an explosive device into the entranceway.

An Explosives and Hazardous Devices Examiner with the Federal Bureau of Investigations was unable to conclusively identify the precise dimensions, charge size, or whether the device thrown was improvised or commercially manufactured; however, based on reviewing various video angles that captured the explosive, the examiner was able to conclude that the device was capable of inflicting damage to surrounding property and seriously injuring persons in the vicinity of the resultant explosion. Several officers were injured as a result of the explosion.

This case is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. Valuable assistance was provided by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

This case is being investigated by the FBI’s Jacksonville and Washington Field Offices. Valuable assistance was provided by the United States Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

In the 27 months since January 6, 2021, more than 1,000 individuals have been arrested from nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the United States Capitol, including more than 320 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with tips can call 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visit tips.fbi.gov.

A complaint or indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.