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David A. Ball, Jr.

Pardoned January 6 defendant

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David A. Ball, Jr. is a small business owner from Wells, Maine. He runs Broken Glass Company, a glass shop in York County. Thirty-seven years old. A tradesman who built something with his own name on the truck. He was wearing his own company sweatshirt on January 6, 2021. That is how people recognized him. He never hid who he was. ## Who he is David Ball of Wells, Maine operates Broken Glass Company. Glass work is a trade. It is measuring, cutting, hauling, fitting, and showing up when somebody's window is broken in February in Maine. That is the job he built and that is the job he went back to. ## The legal fight Federal agents arrested David A. Ball, Jr. on March 23, 2023, in Portland, Maine, more than two years after January 6, 2021. He was charged with four MISDEMEANORS. No felony. No assault count. No weapon. On October 4, 2023, he pleaded guilty to ONE count: parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. The other three were dismissed. On January 11, 2024, the court sentenced him to 24 months of PROBATION, a $10 special assessment, a $500 fine, and $500 in restitution. No prison. Local reporting ahead of his sentencing described him as extraordinarily remorseful. ## Clemency On January 20, 2025, David A. Ball, Jr. received a full pardon under the presidential proclamation covering January 6 convictions. ## Identity warning, read this before you share anything NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: There is a different January 6 defendant named Daniel Charles Ball, from Florida, who was arrested on other charges after the January 2025 clemency. That is NOT this man. David A. Ball, Jr. of Wells, Maine is a different person, a different state, a different case, a different docket. Do not confuse them and do not let anyone else confuse them. ## What the record shows FACT: every charge filed against David A. Ball, Jr. was a misdemeanor. FACT: he was sentenced to probation, not incarceration. FACT: he pleaded guilty to one count and three counts were dismissed. ## Case record - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia - Arrest: March 23, 2023, Portland, Maine - Plea: Guilty, one misdemeanor count, October 4, 2023 - Sentence: 24 months probation, $500 fine, $500 restitution, January 11, 2024 - Clemency: Full pardon, January 20, 2025 - Charging document: CourtListener RECAP, docket 255280 This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.