Texas man arrested for allegedly making bomb threats outside ICE facility

Authorities in Dallas arrested a 36-year old man who the Department of Homeland Security says issued bomb threats against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Monday.

Shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday, Bratton Dean Wilkinson allegedly approached security officers and showed them what he claimed to be a “detonator” on his wrist, prompting a shelter-in-place for ICE’s Dallas Field Office, according to a senior DHS official. The Dallas resident allegedly approached the entrance of the facility and claimed he had a bomb in his backpack.

An officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Services who was stationed outside the field office called 911, according to a senior DHS official.

The Dallas Police Department dispatched a bomb squad to the scene, later arresting the man on charges of allegedly making terroristic threats. According to law enforcement officials, Wilkinson was transferred to the Dallas County Jail. Police issued an all-clear at 7:19 p.m. local time, less than an hour after the incident began.

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