A Warren County constable is in the middle of an investigation in Simpson County after one man says the official tried to force his way into the man's home.

Franklin police say they're now looking into the matter following an altercation involving Constable Mike Chambers.

It's not something Franklin resident Michael Witt expected when he opened his front door this past Thursday.

"Showing up, knocking on people's doors. That's very suspicious right there," Witt said. "He just begins to ask me off the wall questions like, 'Can she meet me somewhere?'"

Witt says it was 60-year-old Warren County Constable Mike Chambers who was attempting to serve civil papers on Witt's wife, Shelly.

But Witt says Chambers refused to identify himself.

"He did not have a badge, or no type of credentials whatsoever. All he had was a gun belt strapped to his waist," Witt said.

Witt says that's when Chambers forced his way into the house and authorities say Witt struck Chambers with a beer bottle.

"I did whatever I had to do to defend my family," Witt said. "And he did put his hand on his side and say, 'I ought to shoot you right now.'"

Franklin police are now investigating the incident.

Officials there tell us Chambers was at the house, but the constable tells them he did ID himself.

"He stated that he did go to the house and attempted to serve her and when he had the paperwork in his hand, Witt snatched the paperwork and he tried to get it back. It was his service copy of the paper," Lt. Art McFadden said, with the Franklin Police Dept.

But Witt isn't the only complainant in Simpson County.

The sheriff's department says they've had reports of two other recent incidents involving Constable Chambers.

"Their biggest complaint was that an individual would come to the door, rather pushy, in an unmarked car with no uniform, no badge and no logo, but did have a gun on him," said Simpson County Sheriff Robert Starks.

If Constable Chambers did in fact step into the house, Lieutenant McFadden says a law enforcement official isn't even allowed to do so unless there's a warrant or some extenuating circumstance, such as a fight already in progress.

Even so, according to a 1996 opinion of the Kentucky Attorney General, constables have no authority to serve process outside their own counties.

The opinion reads if the need arises to serve process on a party residing in another county, then an officer from that county may serve the process.

UPDATE
By phone Monday night, Constable Chambers told WBKO the reason he did not wear his Warren County uniform, drive his official car or show his badge is because he was not representing Warren County at the time.

Chambers says he was at Witt's residence as a special bailiff appointed by a Simpson County judge to serve a summons on Mrs. Witt for a bad debt.

Chambers also denies he tried to force his way into Witt's home.