Pennsylvania's state fire commissioner resigned over a sexual harassment allegation that occurred in 2011, when he was a state senator.
Tim Solobay took over the state fire commissioner role that oversees funding and training statewide in 2015.
PennLive.com reports that Solobay resigned Sunday, after the newspaper tried to contact him about a report filed by former staffer Rachel Moore.
Moore told officials that Solobay slapped her rear end when they passed each other in a hallway at the state capitol.
Moore lodged a sexual harassment complaint with Solobay's staff the next day, but he denied it.
"I knew if I didn't put a stop to it, I would not know what would happen next," Moore told PennLive. "And that's not something I will entertain."
Moore told investigators that the slap wasn't "the worst thing that's ever happened to anybody at the Capitol, by a long stretch," but it impacted her career in government.
Solobay, who served in both the senate and house, has been a member of the Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department since 1978.
