Florida man charged with throwing explosive at Capitol riot

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Tue, May 2, 2023 at 6:29 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man accused of setting off an explosive and injuring several police officers during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was arrested Tuesday, officials said.

Daniel Ball, 38, of Homosassa, Florida, was arrested in Inverness, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) west of Orlando, according to court documents. He is charged with multiple felonies, including assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon.

According to court documents, Ball joined with others in objecting to Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory over then-President Donald Trump. A mob stormed the Capitol to try to stop Congress from certifying election results for Biden over Trump, a Republican, authorities have said. Five people died in the violence.

According to the criminal complaint, Ball entered the Capitol through the Senate wing door and pried a piece of a wooden shutter from a window in the Senate connecting corridor before exiting the building.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/florida-man-charged-throwing-explosive-222952681.html

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Related: Florida Man Arrested on Felony Charges For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach (U.S. Department of Justice)

[Beautiful Disaster]

1. Trump?

[marble falls]

2. He's from Fla, alright, but ... is he really a man? Or even human?

[Bluethroughu]

4. Lol...their still waiting on results.

[Karadeniz]

3. I had never heard that an explosive was detonated at the Capitol!!!!!

[Bluethroughu]

5. I saw one on TV but I thought that was used by the Capital police to get the crowd to disburse?

This is not suprizing, but this was a coordinated attack, by the number of people with weapons and the same logistical goal.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

7. I hope you didnt witness gore.

[Bluethroughu]

15. No it was light flash and noise...I didn't know what it was, but

It was intense and frightening to watch on the TV. I couldn't imagine being part of that and moving forward into the Capital. Those stooges were out for blood, they just didn't get the chance, so they pooped on walls, stole stuff while taking selfies...class acts.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

16. It's what's called a flash/bang grenade.

police depts. use them on high risk search/arrest warrants for known violent suspects to disorient them and temporarily disable them.

It might have been the police using one to try to control the insurrectionists.

[Bluethroughu]

17. That's what I thought, but after watching the live feed that day,

I wasn't sure if we were going to even have a Constitution after that. It was traumatizing, those people should all serve more jail time than they recieved.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

19. No argument from me,

each and every one of these traitors should serve the maximum sentence straight time, meaning no time off for good behavior and multiple sentences should be served consecutively, not concurrently.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

20. Glad to hear that

Witnessing people blow up is the kind of thing that leads to PTSD.

[C Moon]

6. I'll never forget hearing my MAGA neighbor yell out,"YEAH!"...

I then turned on the news and saw the attack on our government.

[Playingmantis]

12. an idea what makes your neighbor so stupid and hateful?

I just cant get my head around such people..Just don't understand how they can be this way..
Any thoughts?

[C Moon]

14. A big trump fan and I believe a racist. I honestly don't want to know more than that.

[Bluethroughu]

18. You don't want too.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Seems they saved the most violent insurrectionists for last as they build to the cabal at the top

Lately they've been arresting stragglers they had difficulty ID'ing, and violent perps.

[Novara]

9. It's good to know they're still arresting these motherfuckers.

I'll bet some of them have felt pretty safe from being prosecuted by now.

The rest of them should be living in fear.

[Bengus81]

10. Let me guess....41 whole months when sentenced?

How about lock that Trump humping fucker up for 10 years for attempted murder for starters?

[twodogsbarking]

11. Florida man charged with throwing explosive at attempted coup.

Better.

[Marthe48]

13. The article has some pussyfooting language

Lukewarm approach to describe the attempted overthrow of the U.S. "joined with others objecting to Joe Biden's election victory" struck me as weak.

I clicked on the link and read it. Saw a story on the sidebar about an Iowa woman (one of the traitor moms) got 41 months for her role in the attempted coup.

[ck4829]

21. Kick

[Kennah]

22. Story would change were the headline "Florida man charged with throwing explosive at Capitol rioter"