ALBERT LEA — On her final day as a Freeborn County Crime Victims Crisis Center advocate, Dotti Honsey accused Freeborn County Sheriff Kurt Freitag of bullying and intimidating her.

“Not many people can honestly say, ‘I enjoy coming to work,’” the longtime county employee told Freeborn County commissioners. “I truly believe that I have been blessed. I’ve struggled with the idea of leaving my work, because it is my passion. But something’s reared its ugly head at me, and then that was when I became a victim myself.”

Honsey, who worked for the center for almost 18 years, alleged due to Freitag’s behavior, she had to undertake a longer process to access court files, resulting in victims having to wait longer to understand additional information about cases that impacted them.

Initially a truancy officer with Freeborn County for about 5 1/2 years, Honsey was the volunteer coordinator for the CVCC for the rest of her 17 3/4 years with the county.

In a statement Tuesday, Freeborn County said no discipline was handed down from the situation.

“Upon being notified of Ms. Honsey’s complaints, Freeborn County retained an outside investigator to look into all concerns expressed,” the county stated. “The investigation was completed, and Freeborn County considers this matter to be closed.”

The findings of the investigation, by Michelle Soldo of Soldo Consulting, are not public, under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act because no discipline was issued.

Freitag on Wednesday deferred to the county’s statement and declined additional comment.

During Tuesday’s commissioners meeting, Honsey expressed frustration with the administrative process taken with her allegations and stated she thinks Freitag used abusive power and control tactics with her.

Honsey suggested the Freeborn County Board of Commissioners not give Freitag a raise because of his conduct and questioned whether other people who encounter the Sheriff’s Office are treated in a similar fashion by the sheriff.