> DeMercurio and Wynn were arrested in the early hours of September 11 after a dispatcher with the Dallas County sheriff’s department observed the men wandering through the closed county courthouse with dark backpacks.

I understand that they didn't resist arrest:

> Deputies were friendly and interested as DeMercurio and Wynn explained how they used a lock-picking device to bypass a locked front door.

Looks like all participating in that initial encountered were having a laugh about this (while the dispatch center of course was running the check/authenticity of the claim). And then the politics/pissing contest started.

It would have been better if they (pentesters) had bodycams to have the evidence of the whole attempt. That would give them extra defensive points in court.