NEW JERSEY COP CAUGHT IN PERV STING

Mark Fernandes, a 29 year old former NYPD cop who became a police officer in Clifton, New Jersey, was arrested yesterday and charged with soliciting someone he thought was a 12 year old girl for sex.  Fernandes is charged with attempted sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a minor.  He was suspended without pay.  The girl was actually an undercover detective.  Fernandes was being held yesterday in lieu of $50,000 bail.

(New Jersey)