A Neptune Beach man was sentenced to 30 months in prison on two felony charges related to the Jan. 6 breach of the capital.
Daniel Gray, 43, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigations on May 18, 2021, in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Gray has been sentenced to 30 months in prison with 36 months of supervised release and was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
Gray also pleaded guilty to two felony charges of obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers on Oct. 25, 2023.
According to court documents, on Dec. 12, 2020, Gray posted to Facebook a screenshot of the Wikipedia page for the Insurrection Act of 1807, captioning the picture with “Sh*ts about to get lit y’all. I’m actually really excited at the possibility of the insurrection act being implemented,” according to Gray’s own Facebook post.
Gray attended a rally at the Ellipse and afterward made his way into the restricted area of the Capitol building, court documents said.
Surveillance shows Gray entering the Capital through the Upper West Terrace doors. Gray was also seen in front of the rioters when he was seen approaching an officer, court documents said. The officer told Gray multiple times to “back up,” then pushed Gray with his baton, in Gray’s response he shoved the officer down.
Gray also posted a four-minute video on his Instagram account boasting about his involvement in the Jan. 6 breach. Gray, bragged about “pushing police down the staircase” even stating on his social media profile “Lol I was one of the first in the capital,” court documents said.
The FBI Jacksonville and Washington Field Offices investigated this case. In the past 37 months since the breach of the Capital on Jan. 6, more than 1,1313 individuals have been charged in almost all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the U.S capital.
This also includes more than 469 individuals who are charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, and the investigation remains ongoing.