State investigated workers at Polk County child welfare for child abuse

Polk County Courthouse (Courtesy of Jolene Guzman/Polk Itemizer-Observer)

Two state Department of Human Services workers in Polk County remain on paid leave and stationed at home after the state investigated them for child abuse that involved indecency, Salem Reporter has learned.

Recently released state records show state prosecutors decided not to charge a supervisor and a paralegal at the agency’s Dallas field office, and the two have been working from home since late November.

Polk…