A Brown County woman faces two felonies and multiple misdemeanors after she crashed her vehicle twice, resisted arrest and intimidated a Department of Child Services social worker with a sword, police say.
At about 6:40 p.m. May 3, Nashville Police were dispatched to the Brown County YMCA after a parent had failed to pick up a child for the second time in a row. The previous day, the mother, Dixie S. Floyd Dorantes, 36, had picked the child up at 6:45 when parents are required to pick up 6:30 p.m., the probable cause affidavit states.
When Nashville Police Officer Evan Painter spoke with the child, the child was unsure where her mother might be. When Painter tried to call Dorantes, she didn’t answer the phone. YMCA staff told police they had tried to call her as well, but the calls went straight to voicemail.
Painter, Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Schonfeld and Sgt. Scott Bowling went to Dorantes’ home to see if she was there. The officers were met by another child there who had been home alone and was also unsure where her mother was, the affidavit states. She told police the last time she saw or talked to her was earlier in the morning before she went to school.
Painter then called Child Protective Services. CPS went to the YMCA to get one child and picked up the other from Dorantes’ home.
That evening at about 9:30 p.m., Painter was walking in the Subway parking lot when he heard yelling coming from the Speedway gas station parking lot. He saw a silver Ford Focus speed out of the parking lot, squealing tires. The vehicle matched the description of Dorantes’ vehicle, the report said.
Painter reported seeing taillights traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on Van Buren Street exiting town. At that time, dispatch reported a hit-and-run accident had occurred at the Speedway station. A vehicle matching the Ford Focus’ description was reported to have left the scene. Dispatch also reported that the caller said the suspect was screaming, “CPS stole my children.”
Before the crash happened, a DCS social worker reported that when she went to Dorantes’ home to get items for the children, Dorantes came out with a viking-style sword in her hand. The worker stated Dorantes came at her waving the sword, saying she was going to kill her. The social worker then drove off with the children as Dorantes jabbed the sword toward the car, the police report said.
While Painter was searching for the vehicle on State Road 135 North, Brown County Community Corrections Officer Terry West reported that vehicle struck his vehicle head-on just north of the Dollar General store in Bean Blossom. West said he and the female driver were OK. He then detained Dorantes.
Painter reported seeing “very strange behavior” in Dorantes, who was stumbling and ranting loudly. When Painter told her to calm down, Dorantes cursed at him, threatened to kill him and unsuccessfully tried to kick him in the genitals, the report said. Dorantes continued to yell profanities until West was able to calm her down, the affidavit states.
Once inside the patrol car, Dorantes began to struggle as Painter tried to put her seat belt on and attempted to kick the car door. West was able to calm her again and get her seat belt on, according to the affidavit.
Dorantes consented to taking a chemical blood draw test at Columbus Regional Hospital. While en route to the hospital, Dorantes continued to act “belligerent,” yelling about being the “goddess of fertility” and claiming her children were not hers. She also said that law enforcement had killed her “several times” already and she was begging for her life, the probable cause affidavit states.
Once in the hospital exam room, Dorantes continued to yell profanities at hospital staff and Painter, the report said.
Hospital staff told officers that Dorantes need further examination she they could figure out why she was acting the way she was and she was admitted to the hospital. A warrant was requested for her arrest after she was released from the hospital.
She was charged May 9 with intimidation, a Level 6 felony; attempted battery against a public safety official, a Level 6 felony; intimidation, a Class A misdemeanor; resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor; and leaving the scene of an accident, a Class B misdemeanor.
