Truck Driver Arrested After Incident at TV Station and Disposal of Evidence

In a bizarre twist of events, a man previously known for crashing his truck into a Dallas news station in 2018 has been apprehended once again. This time, he’s accused of hurling human remains at an FBI field office.

Authorities arrested 41-year-old Michael Chadwick Fry on Thursday. He faces charges of corpse abuse for the disturbing incident, which was reportedly documented on YouTube, according to Bartonville police in Texas.

Fry’s arrest followed a tip-off from his mother on March 16. She contacted the police after her son requested money to rent a U-Haul truck.

When questioned about the unusual request, Fry allegedly told his mother he needed to “move a body,” as detailed in a probable cause affidavit obtained by NBC News.

The affidavit further revealed that Fry became agitated and left his mother’s residence following the conversation.

Shortly after, police said they received a call from Fry’s sister that he ‘filmed himself on YouTube’ throwing ‘Elizabeth’s remains’ over the fence to the FBI Dallas office, the Denton Record-Chronicle reports.

That video allegedly showed him throwing a large, closed white bucket over the fence into the secure parking lot of the FBI building. 

He claimed he was trying to compel the bureau to intervene in ‘what he describes as wrongdoing by Denton County officials from a past arrest.’

The bucket ‘contained numerous bones’ that appeared to be human, the FBI said. Those bones are now awaiting further forensic analysis.

Michael Chadwick Fry, 41, was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with abuse of a corpse after he allegedly tossed human remains at the FBI field office in Dallas, Texas

Police have confirmed to KDFW that Fry is the same man who rammed a truck into the station’s building in downtown Dallas in 2018 (pictured)

Fry later posted another video to YouTube showing what appeared to be a human skull at his Denton County home, which he allegedly called ‘Elizabeth Virginia Lyons.’ 

This led police to believe the skull came from the same set of human remains as those found in the bucket. 

But Denton police spokesperson Amy Cunningham said Lyons was buried at a local cemetery and her grave remains undisturbed.

Fry’s mother told police she found in her vehicle’s GPS history three searches for cemeteries – one in Arlington, Texas and two in Oklahoma City.

She also said she found a shovel that was never at their home before and that her son had started to lock the shed in the back of the home, which he didn’t do previously. 

As the investigation continued, investigators learned Fry had stolen an urn containing human remains from a cemetery in Oklahoma City – which was the subject of a police investigation there.

FBI agents also found evidence at a cemetery in Denton ‘indicating that a coffin containing human remains had been removed from a mausoleum.’

Reporters visited the cemetery and observed damage to the Magee mausoleum, which contains the remains of Jasper P Magee and Mary Myrtle Wright, a married couple who died in 1942 and 1940, respectively.

The case against him now remains active, and police said the next of kin have been notified. 

Authorities found him in 2018 pacing and scattering numerous handwritten leaflets outside

Officers later determined Fry was upset about a 2012 police shooting that killed his friend, and a Dallas police spokesperson said he was trying to get media attention

Fry was unable to enter the building and was soon arrested

Meanwhile, police have confirmed to KDFW that Fry is the same man who rammed a truck into the station’s building in downtown Dallas in 2018.

Footage of the attack showed Fry slowly approaching the building, coming to a full stop before accelerating once again and then swerving head-on into the building.

The vehicle then goes in reverse – pulling with it a large panel of glass.

After returning to the street, the truck once again slams into another part of the building.

Police said at the time they arrived on the scene and arrested a ‘ranting’ man behind the wheel of the pickup truck.

He also was seen pacing and scattering numerous handwritten leaflets outside, but Fry was not able to enter the building and was soon arrested.

But he left behind a suspicious bright orange duffel bag that prompted police to set up a perimeter and bring in a bomb squad. 

Officers later determined Fry was upset about a 2012 police shooting that killed his friend, and a Dallas police spokesperson said he was trying to get media attention.

Fry later apologized to the news station during a court hearing.

He also has a number of other arrests, most recently on March 20, 2022 when he was booked on a criminal mischief charge that occurred on October 26, 2021, according to the Cross Timbers Gazette.

In total, Fry has been arrested 28 times by the Denton County Sheriff’s Office, Denton Police Department and Argyle Police Department dating back to August 5, 2003 on charges including burglary, engaging in organized criminal activity, arson, theft making terroristic threats and resisting arrest.

He is now being held on a $300,000 surety bond.