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More than a dozen North Texans have been arrested on charges in connection with the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol.
They are among more the scores of people across the country who have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the mob assault on the building, and the FBI has said more arrests are expected.
In a briefing with former Vice President Mike Pence with other officials Jan. 14, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that hundreds of suspects had been identified.
“We know who you are, if you’re out there, and FBI agents are coming to find you,” Wray said. “If I were those people, you don’t want to be the ones to have FBI agents knocking on your door at 6 a.m.”
The FBI has asked for tips about who may have incited or promoted violence at the Capitol. Anyone may submit information, including photos and videos, at fbi.gov/USCapitol.
These are the North Texans who have been arrested after storming the Capitol. This list will be updated if further arrests are made:
Thomas Ballard
Thomas John Ballard, 36, is accused of attacking police with a baton and hurling a “tabletop” at them.
The motorcycle mechanic from Fort Worth was arrested Aug. 17 and faces charges of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
Authorities said that someone tipped off the FBI to Ballard after running a man’s picture from a wanted poster through a facial-recognition search tool. The results included a motorcycle-focused YouTube channel.
Kevin Blakely
Cellphone location data placed Kevin Sam Blakely, 56, at the Capitol on the afternoon of the insurrection, according to the FBI.
The McKinney man has been charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; knowingly engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in any restricted building or grounds; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. He was arrested March 23 and later released from custody.
After linking Blakely to the riot via GPS data, an FBI agent then determined that a picture on his Facebook page showed him wearing a sweatshirt that he was also seen wearing in photos from the Capitol.
Larry Brock
Larry Rendall Brock Jr., 54, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, has been charged with one count of entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Brock, of Grapevine, was arrested Jan. 10 after pictures and videos showed him inside the Senate chamber on Jan. 6 while wearing combat gear and carrying zip ties.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cureton ordered Brock released days later on restrictive conditions including house arrest.
Daniel Caldwell
Daniel Ray Caldwell, a former Marine, is accused of spraying a group of Capitol police with a chemical irritant.
The 50-year-old resident of The Colony was arrested Feb. 10 at his job at Texas Instruments in Richardson (from which he was later fired). He faces charges of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; assaulting, resisting or impeding officers or employees; knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Caldwell’s ex-wife said at a detention hearing that he receives Veterans Affairs disability services for a traumatic brain injury he suffered in the 1990s. He was ordered to remain in custody.
Luke Coffee
Dallas actor Luke Russell Coffee, a Highland Park High School graduate, is accused of attacking police with a crutch outside the Capitol.
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A college classmate who is an FBI agent helped identify him, and the 42-year-old was arrested Feb. 25 on charges of assault of a federal law enforcement officer with a dangerous weapon, interference with a law enforcement officer during civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, unlawful entry on restricted grounds, and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
Coffee’s attorney has said that he is deeply religious and was trying to prevent violence between police and protestors.
A federal judge ruled March 9 that Coffee could be released on bail, but he remains in custody because a prosecutor asked for a stay of the judge’s ruling.
Nolan Cooke
Authorities say 23-year-old Nolan Bernard Cooke, from the Fannin County city of Savoy, wore a GoPro camera to document his time at the insurrection.
Footage shared on social media shows him pushing past police outside the Capitol, according to court documents.
Cooke was arrested Jan. 21 and faces charges of acts during civil disorder, unlawful activities on Capitol grounds and entering or remaining on restricted buildings or grounds and disorderly or disruptive conduct in or near restricted buildings or grounds.
Nick DeCarlo
Nicholas Joseph DeCarlo, 31, said that he was an employee of “MT Media News,” which stands for Murder the Media News, according to authorities.
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The Burleson man was arrested Jan. 26 on charges of obstructing or impeding an official proceeding; knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; and parading or demonstrating on Capitol grounds.
Photos on social media show him smoking inside the Capitol, and he bragged about storming the building on Jan. 6 and accomplishing the mission of shutting down Congress’ certification of the presidential election, a federal criminal complaint said.
Robert Dennis
Robert Wayne Dennis, 61, was reportedly recorded on police body cameras fighting with officers who were trying to control to mob outside the Capitol.
The graphic and comic book artist from Garland was arrested Oct. 20 on charges of: assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers; civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; and act of physical violence in the capitol grounds or buildings.
According to court documents, footage from the cameras shows Dennis grabbing an officer’s baton and taking another officer to the ground “after a violent struggle” that included him throwing punches at the officer.
Jason Hyland
Jason Lee Hyland, a Frisco real estate agent, told FBI agents that he arranged a flight to Washington, D.C., on a private jet for a group of real estate professionals. A picture from a Denton airport shows him, Jenna Ryan and Katie Schwab the day before the riot.
The 38-year-old briefly went inside the Capitol after a police officer told him, “Everyone else is,” but left after hearing what was possibly a flash-bang grenade, according to an affidavit.
He surrendered to authorities Feb. 2 on charges of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and was released from custody later that day.
David Judd
David Lee Judd, 35, of Carrollton is accused of throwing a firecracker at police while trying to violently shove his way into the Capitol.
The Sherman man has been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers or employees; and civil disorder.
Judd, wearing a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap, was seen on surveillance footage with a group of rioters at a tunnel entrance, authorities say. “He then lights an object on fire and throws it at the line of law enforcement officers who are guarding the Lower West Terrace doors,” officials wrote in a criminal complaint.
Jalise and Mark Middleton
Jalise Sutton Middleton, 51, and Mark Fulton Middleton, 51, are accused of grabbing and hitting officers outside the Capitol.
The couple, who live in Forestburg in Montague County, were arrested April 21 on charges of assault of a law enforcement officer, interference with a law enforcement officer during civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, unlawful entry on restricted grounds, and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. They have since been released from custody.
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The FBI said in a criminal complaint that the couple posted videos and pictures on Facebook that showed them taking part in the insurrection. In one, Mark Middleton could be heard saying that they “helped push down the barriers” but had to retreat after being tear-gassed and clubbed.
Jalise Middleton wrote in a post — which she later deleted — that the couple “fought the cops to get in the Capitol and got pepper sprayed and beat but by gosh the patriots got in!” and that the riot was “a warning that we are serious,” according to the FBI.
Garret Miller
Garret Adam Miller, 35, of Richardson was arrested Jan. 20 after surveillance video — as well as his own social-media posts — implicated him, according to authorities.
Miller allegedly made death threats in his posts, calling for the murder of a U.S. Capitol Police officer and the assassination of “AOC,” an apparent reference to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In one of his posts, Miller wrote, “Next time we bring the guns,” a criminal complaint.
Miller indicated he was going to drive to Washington D.C. for the Jan. 6 Donald Trump rally, the FBI says, and he claimed to have had a rope in his bag that day. He wrote that the last time he went to Washington for a Trump rally he “had a lot of guns” with him, the FBI says.
He has been ordered to remain in custody until trial.
Kerry Persick
Authorities say Kerry Wayne Persick recorded video from inside the U.S. Capitol and were tipped off by someone who has known him for 20 years.
Persick, 41, of Trophy Club turned himself in to authorities on May 17 and was released pending trial.
He faces charges of knowingly entering or remaining in the building and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.
Daniel Phipps
Daniel Dink Phipps, 48, of Garland was arrested Jan. 26 on charges of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and impeding or disrupting official functions; and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
A Fort Worth police analyst who monitors social media for threats found posts that resulted in Phipps’ arrest, authorities said.
On Jan 8, Phipps posted a photo on Facebook of himself inside the Capitol holding an American flag, a criminal complaint said. And he said in another post that “Everyone talks about being a patriot until its time to do patriot [expletive],” the complaint says.
Guy Reffitt
Guy Wesley Reffitt told his family he went to Washington, D.C., “to protect the country,” that he brought a gun with him and that he stormed the Capitol, authorities say.
The 49-year-old Wylie man was arrested Jan. 18 on charges of obstruction of justice and illegal entry after his son turned him in.
Images from the insurrection show Reffitt wearing a helmet with a camera mounted on it, according to an affidavit.
His son told authorities that Reffitt warned him not to report him or he would “do what he had to do,” according to the affidavit. While Reffitt’s daughter was on the phone with friends, he told her that if she betrayed the family, he would “put a bullet through” her phone.
Reffitt was ordered to remain in custody after prosecutors said he was plotting more political violence.
In June, a federal grand jury indicted him on a charge of transporting firearms for unlawful use. In July, prosecutors asked a judge to compel Reffitt to unlock his computer as they looked for incriminating videos and other evidence.
Jenna Ryan
Jennifer “Jenna” Leigh Ryan, 51, attended the Jan. 6 riot after flying to Washington on a private jet and later told the media that she went because Donald Trump encouraged it.
“We’re all gonna be up here,” Ryan said in one video shared on social media. “We’re gonna be breaking those windows. … Because we have to.” In another clip, she advertised her real estate services.
The real estate broker from Carrollton turned herself in to authorities Jan. 15 on charges of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
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Authorities later added charges of violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
Ryan was released from custody and later said that she “bought into a lie.”
On Aug. 19, Ryan pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. She faces up to six months in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced in November.
Katie Schwab
Katherine “Katie” Stavely Schwab, 33, bragged on Facebook about storming the Capitol, authorities say, and wrote that she and other rioters “raised hell” after an officer inside the building fatally shot a woman trying to climb through a window.
The Colleyville real estate agent flew to Washington with Jason Hyland and Jenna Ryan on a private plane. She later told FBI agents that some of Ryan’s social-media posts made their group look bad, an affidavit says.
She was arrested Feb. 1 on charges of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and has been released on home detention.
Authorities added a charge of willfully and knowingly engaged in an act of physical violence in June.
She has also been fired from her job.
Troy Smocks
Troy Anthony Smocks, 59, of Dallas faces a charge of knowingly and willfully transmitting threats in interstate commerce. He was arrested Jan. 15.
Police said that after traveling to Washington, D.C., Smocks posted on social media that Donald Trump’s supporters would return to Washington on Jan. 19, and that they’d be armed.
“We will come in numbers that no standing army or police agency can match,” he wrote, according to a criminal complaint.
Smocks was sentenced in October to 14 months in prison.