Woman Threatens to Kill Social Worker in Ames

A Des Moines woman was arrested on first-degree harassment charges Monday, for threatening to kill a social worker during the summer of 2012.

Erica Dawn Nichols, 45, threatened a social worker on multiple occasions in June and July of 2012, according to complaints.

She left two threatening voice mails for the social worker in June 2012, including one in which she said, “If one freckle on my son's knee were ever arranged, I will kill you because you're evil,” complaints said.

She also called the same social worker in July 2012 and said “I'm coming after you. I'm going to kill you,” complaints said.

A warrant for the woman's arrest was filed in 2012 and she was arrested on the charges July 29. First-degree harassment is an aggravated misdemeanor punishable by up to two years in prison.