MARION, Ind. (WRTV) Grant County Commissioners voted Wednesday to send a 30-page report to law enforcement alleging fellow commissioner Chuck Poling violated state and federal laws.Grant County held a special meeting on Wednesd ay to release the results of an internal investigation that began in July 2026 after multiple county employees and elected officials complained about Polings conduct over the last few years.These complaints included, but were not limited to, Commissioner Poling offering an employee a raise if she voted for his candidate for commissioner, screaming at employees, threatening them with job loss, invading their personal space while yelling at them, jabbing his finger in their face and chest and getting so close to them they felt he might physically harm them, read the report.On at least two occasions, employees complained that Commissioner Poling physically touched them by placing his arm around their shoulders and moving them into an enclosed environment away from cameras.The investigation found, for example, Poling approached a county employee and encouraged them to vote for a specific candidate.Poling asked whether she was going to vote and then said, if you vote for this guy, you would be able to get a raise, according to the report.Elected officials have been threatened with job loss by Poling, according to the report.County Clerk Pam Harris reported that during the July 1, 2025, Clerks Office incident, Poling made threats toward herself and workers as he was being escorted from the building.Harris stated that Poling threatened to put her out on the street.Other witness statements from July 1, 2025, indicate Poling told a police officer that he would have his badge, demanded another employees name, and told that employee that if she kept it up he would have her job, according to the report.The 30-page report will be shared with Indiana State Police and the FBI, who could choose to conduct a criminal investigation.Edward Ormsby: Its about accountability, public integrity, workplace safety, and the duty of county government to respond when credible evidence when a public official has abused public office, intimidated public employees, misused county resources, interfered with lawful processes, committed public acts and placed the public trust at risk.It will also be shared with the Indiana State Board of Accounts, the state agency tasked with auditing local government.Among the potential criminal violations alleged in the report are official misconduct, theft, fraud, intimidation, false informing, and stalking.Witnesses stated that Poling used county employees for work for which he then invoiced the county through his sewer and drain business, obtained camera audio through false pretenses, and filed false and misleading disclosure statements, according to the report.Poling voted no on releasing the report and declined to comment at the end of the meeting.He has not responded to an email from Indianas I-Team.Click here to read the full report. ...read more read less