A Delmar firefighter put his hand on a female colleague's inner thigh and buttocks on two separate occasions but faced no consequences for the inappropriate behavior, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
Despite the second incident being caught on camera, the official was allowed to stay with the department while the woman was "essentially terminated," the lawsuit states.
"It's intolerable," said Gary Alderson, the plaintiff's lawyer. "This is 2019 and these things just cannot go on."
The complaint alleges that when April D. Molchan was captain of emergency medical services in 2015, then-Fire Chief Andrew Rementer "placed his hand high on the inside of (her) thigh close to her groin" at a restaurant.
"She immediately and forcefully told him to remove his hand which he did," the lawsuit states.
In July 2017, Molchan was working for the fire department when Rementer, then president and second assistant chief, "applied his hand to her buttocks as he walked behind her while leaving the lounge area," according to the lawsuit.