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A suspended Dallas police sergeant accused of stealing department
firearms was booked into Rockwall County custody Saturday on a property theft charge — the fourth now faced by the longtime officer.
At 12:14 p.m., Royse City police arrested Dallas police Sgt. Thomas Michael Fry at a residence in the 1600 block of Meadowlark Lane. The arrest came after the Dallas Police Department contacted Royse City authorities about an outstanding warrant for Fry, Royse City police Chief Kirk Aldridge said in a
statement to The Dallas Morning News.
Fry was booked into the Rockwall County jail on a warrant charging him with theft of property valued between $30,000 and $150,000, jail records show. It was not clear whether he had an attorney.
The arrest comes more than three months after Dallas police accused Fry, 51, of stealing three department firearms. A criminal
misconduct investigation against Fry began in October 2022, police said in an April news release.
DPD’s public integrity unit determined that Fry, from August 2021 to July 2022, stole the firearms from the Southeast Patrol Division, where he was assigned at the time, police said in the release.
The public integrity unit investigates criminal allegations
against on-duty or off-duty police employees, according to department policy, and city of Dallas employees if the conduct occurred while the employee was on duty or acting within their official capacity.
The unit obtained a warrant for Fry, who was jailed on three counts of theft of a firearm after he turned himself in April 8 to Mesquite police. Sr. Cpl. Brian E. Martinez, a Dallas police spokesperson, said Fry was placed on
administrative leave with pay the next day.
Fry, who joined DPD in April 2001 and most recently worked in Detention Services, will remain on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation, police said in a Saturday news release.
Fry was transferred from Rockwall County to Dallas County custody, where he remained Monday afternoon on bonds
totaling $200,015, jail records show.
Staff writer Kelli Smith contributed to this article.
