Overview

• Authorities say Bratton Dean Wilkinson told security he had a bomb and showed a wrist device he called a detonator, triggering a shelter-in-place.
• Dallas police responded with a bomb squad and declared the scene all clear roughly 30 minutes after the first report.
• Wilkinson was taken into custody and booked into Dallas County Jail, with police listing a Class A misdemeanor charge of false reporting to induce emergency response.
• Law enforcement officials told CBS News that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Texas is evaluating potential federal charges.
• DHS linked the incident to a broader spike in threats and assaults on ICE personnel, noting recent episodes including white-powder letters to a New York office and an arrest tied to a San Francisco confrontation.