Brown County woman arrested after allegedly threatening DCS worker

A Brown County woman was arrested for allegedly threatening a child welfare worker with a sword.

Network Indiana is reporting that investigators say that 36-year-old Dixie Dorantes threatened a DCS worker on May 3rd. The report states that Dorantes was upset with the worker for taking away her child, after Dorantes had failed on several occasions pick up the child at the Brown County YMCA. Police say that Dorantes waved the “viking like sword” at the worker when officials showed up to collect the child’s personal belongings.