Denton County man arrested for allegedly taking a body from a cemetery

A Denton County man has been charged with allegedly taking a body from a cemetery, officials said Thursday.

Investigators with the Bartonville Police Department received a credible tip that Michael Chadwick Fry had "unlawfully removed and abused human remains taken from a local cemetery." No further details were provided by the department.

On Wednesday, the investigators, with assistance from FBI special agents and task force officers, served a warrant in the 500 block of Oakwood Drive in Bartonville and arrested Fry. He has been charged with abuse of a corpse.

Denton County court records show that Fry has been arrested more than two dozen times, dating back to 2003. Charges include assault bodily injury, disorderly conduct, possession of alcohol by a minor - public intoxication, burglary of a habitation, theft of property, terroristic threat, driving while license invalid, criminal mischief and resisting arrest.

2018 arrest after crashing truck into Dallas news building during live newscast

In 2018, police say Fry repeatedly smashed a rented pick-up truck into the Downtown Dallas Fox affiliate TV station during the morning news show. They said he also tossed thousands of papers on the ground that had random words and phrases, including "high treason" and "witchery" scrawled on them. They were printed copies of news reports from a 2012 incident with Denton County Sheriff's deputies. During that incident, the deputies shot and killed a driver who was ramming into their police vehicle. Fry was in the passenger seat of the suspect's car. 

No injuries were reported in the 2018 incident and Fry was charged with criminal mischief.

Bartonville police said the investigation is ongoing.