HARRISBURG — A prosecution of “pay-to-play” allegations within the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission ended quietly Thursday when two former high-ranking officials pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five years of probation.

Former chief executive Joe Brimmeier and former chief operating officer George Hatalowich each pleaded guilty to a single count of conflict of interest. Along with probation, they were fined $2,500 each and ordered to perform community service.

Brimmeier admitted to taking “free hospitality” from an engineering firm and campaign contributions for former Gov. Ed Rendell, while making decisions to award contracts to the firm.

Hatalowich’s plea involved taking hospitality and gifts from a different engineering firm while influencing contracts that that firm received.

Neither man said much during the brief plea hearing in Dauphin County Common Pleas Court in Harrisburg.

Afterward, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office described the pleas as a reasonable way to resolve the cases.

“Being a convicted felon is a badge they will have to wear,” said the spokesman, J.J. Abbott.