The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that a Jacksonville man was sentenced to prison on two felony charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Daniel Paul Gray, 43, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 restitution. Gray had pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2023, to felony charges of obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers.
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According to court documents, Gray was very active on social media about his distrust of the 2020 presidential election results. This included messages to prevent President Joe Biden from becoming president.
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The following is a timeline the DOJ released related to Gray’s activities:
- Dec. 12, 2020 – Gray posted to Facebook a screenshot of the Wikipedia page for the Insurrection Act of 1807. The screenshot was captioned, “[expletive] about to get lit y’all. I’m actually really excited at the possibility of the insurrection act being implemented.”
- Jan. 6, 2021 – Gray attended a rally at the Ellipse. He made his way to a restricted area of the Capitol building as early as 2:25 p.m. Grey was present when the police line fell on the west side of the building and at 2:41 p.m. entered the Capitol.
- Once inside, Gray was at the front of the mob when he approached an officer at the front of the defensive line. Gray shoved the officer after being told to back up several times.
- At 3:01 p.m., body-worn camera footage shows Gray and other rioters pushing the police line to the edge of a marble staircase. He shoved an officer, knocking the officer off balance. The officer fell down the staircase and suffered a concussion and chronic back pain.