A woman from Hammond has been arrested for making threats against a Lake County court staff.

Sgt. Glen Fifield with Indiana State Police tells WIBC News that investigators received word Wednesday about 57-year-old Dorothy King’s threats. Indiana State Police know who she threatened, but won’t say publicly due to their policy. Sgt. Fifield says it was a judge, staff and attorneys.

Sgt. Fifield assumes King was unhappy with a recent court case or some other legal matter. That specific information is with investigators. Whatever it was, it was enough for police to get an arrest warrant.

“During the attempted arrest, she did place the vehicle into drive, but the officers blocked her car in with their car,” says Sgt. Fifield.

King refused to leave the car and she had an aggressive dog in the car. Police slashed her tires to prevent her from either driving away or ramming her car into someone else.

Her serious threats led to some serious charges.

“The most serious is a level 5 felony, one county there,” says Sgt. Fifield, “and three counts of a level 6, which is your lowest level felony. It’s definitely some significant charges there that she’s looking at.”