UPDATED September 6, 2018 12:50 AM
Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas police have identified the man accused of ramming his pickup truck into the Fox 4 News studios in downtown Dallas Wednesday morning as 34-year-old Michael Chadwick Frye. He has been charged with a second degree felony Criminal Mischief.
Frye has a lengthy criminal history in Denton County with 26 arrests including assault, public intoxication and criminal mischief.
Dallas Police Senior Corporal Debra Webb said Frye allegedly hit the building intentionally several times around 6 a.m. before going on a rant about “high treason” and surrendering to police.
“When he came into contact with the officers, the officers said he was just rambling and saying all kinds of non-sense. So, it appears he was just in some sort of agitated mental state,” she said.
A police K-9 unit and bomb squad were called in because of suspicious bag left behind at the scene.
No explosive were found and no one was injured in the incident.
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Dallas, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police have detained a “ranting” man accused of crashing a pickup truck into a Fox affiliate television station building in downtown Dallas during a live newscast.
Twitter and Facebook posts showed photos of the front of the vehicle rammed into windows near an entrance. The man paced and scattered papers outside. He was not able to enter the building and was soon arrested. The man was reportedly ranting about “treason.”
Police K-9 and bomb squad were called because of a suspicious bag left behind at the scene.
Remote controlled bomb robot checking out truck driven by man who repeatedly crashed into FOX4 building early Wednesday and then began ranting. No reported injuries. https://t.co/W2eCeyjr3v pic.twitter.com/R6WcthD5Lh
— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) September 5, 2018
No one was hurt.
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UPDATED: 7:51AM
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A man has been taken into custody by Dallas Police for allegedly ramming his pickup truck several times into the Fox4 studios in downtown Dallas. After the incident multiple sheets of paper are seen scattered all around the truck. According to reports, those papers had WFAA on them. Our Scott Sidway is now on the scene and tweets these photos, while one tweet quotes a FOX4 staffer as saying the man got out of his truck ranting about “treason.”
https://twitter.com/ScottyWK/status/1037322000086261761
An employee at FOX4 tells me a truck crashed into their building twice this morning. Papers all over the ground. He says the driver got out screaming about treason. Employees have been evacuated. I have more details I’m trying to confirm. Standby. @wfaa pic.twitter.com/n0jrsgBygE
— Tiffany Liou (@tliou) September 5, 2018
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UPDATED: 7:41AM
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Twitter photos show Dallas Police surrounding a man outside the downtown studios of Fox4 News in downtown Dallas. Fox4 tweets that the man has been taken into custody for allegedly ramming his truck into the building.
#BreakingNews hitting close to home this morning. Man intentionally slams his truck into our building repeatedly crashing through two walls of windows. Police and bomb squad on scene. pic.twitter.com/UJlfI6UHtV
— Steve Noviello (@SteveNoviello) September 5, 2018
Dallas K-9 units sweep the area around Fox4 amid reports of a bomb threat during the incident.
Dallas police K-9 unit on scene sweeping FOX4 building after man repeatedly crashed into side of building earlier this morning and began ranting. No injuries reported. https://t.co/i1sTvA8lZj pic.twitter.com/qicGu6L8PL
— FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) September 5, 2018
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Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – FOX4-DFW is reportedly evacuating at this hour after a man in a truck smashed into its downtown studios; employees are reportedly evacuating due to a bomb threat.
Photos circulating on twitter show the truck and a bunch of papers scattered about.
WFAA’s Mike Forbes tells us that the security guard at their victory plaza location was alerted to the situation by Fox4 personnel that the papers have the WFAA all over them.
Scary moment this morning when a man drove his truck into our building. We evacuated while the bomb squad is investigating. pic.twitter.com/fnbDopcJFb
— Shannon Murray (@ShannonMFox4) September 5, 2018
#BREAKING: Driver ran into @FOX4 studios repeatedly in downtown Dallas. Fox4 reports it was intentional & the driver is in police custody. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/6xCnnyTw2z
— Katy Blakey (@KatyBlakeyNBC5) September 5, 2018
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