The Maine Capitol Police chief who is accused of assaulting a Hallowell police officer in August resigned earlier this month.

Matthew Clancy, a former Massachusetts police chief who led the agency protecting the State House since 2021 , resigned effective Oct. 8, the Kennebec Journal reported .

Clancy, 62, of Sidney, was arrested on Water Street in Hallowell around midnight, Aug. 2, after the alleged altercation and was charged with assault, refusing to submit to arrest and disorderly conduct, which are all misdemeanor offenses under Maine law.

Clancy allegedly struck Hallowell police Officer Johnny Narvaez outside the Quarry Tap Room, according to the Journal.

At the time of his arrest, he was “impaired by alcohol” according to Chris Giles, the city’s police chief.

Clancy had be

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