Man Arrested in Alleged Bomb Threat at Dallas ICE Field Office

The 36-year-old U.S. citizen was taken into custody and charged with making terrorist threats.

The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Hawthorne, Calif., on March 1, 2020. Lucy Nicholson/REUTERS

A man was arrested after allegedly making a bomb threat in person on Monday at a federal immigration facility in Dallas.

Bratton Dean Wilkinson, 36, a U.S. citizen, claimed to have a bomb in his backpack when he appeared at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Dallas Field Office at about 6:37 p.m. local time on Aug. 25, officials said.