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Texas Man Arrested for Throwing Bones Over FBI Fence

Published 23 March 2026

A 41-year-old Texas man was arrested this week after authorities say he threw a bucket containing human bones over the fence of the FBI's Dallas field office and posted video of the act on YouTube, in an apparent attempt to draw federal attention to grievances against local officials.

Michael Chadwick Fry, of Bartonville, faces two counts of abuse of a corpse and one count of tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, according to the Bartonville Police Department. He was taken into custody Thursday at his home in Bartonville, about 30 miles northwest of Dallas, and is being held in Denton County Jail on a $30,000 bond.

The incident unfolded after Fry's mother called police on March 16, reporting that her son had visited her home and asked for money to rent a U-Haul truck, stating he had a body that needed to be moved. According to a probable cause affidavit, Fry became agitated during the conversation and left before officers arrived. Shortly afterward, his sister alerted authorities to a YouTube video Fry had posted, titled "We send Elizabeth over the FBI fence to summon them by force."

In the four-and-a-half-minute video, uploaded to a channel called "Fry...

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