An employee at the Alameda County Fire Department was arrested after a child sex predator sting by police in Modesto, authorities said on Friday.

MODESTO — An Alameda County Fire Department captain has been arrested as part of a Modesto police child sex predator investigation, authorities said Friday. The 48-year-old man, a resident of Cameron Park who was arrested Feb. 28, is currently on administrative leave, officials said.

A high-ranking Alameda County firefighter was among nearly two dozen people arrested as part of the Modesto Police Department’s recent crackdown on child sex predators, authorities said. Kip Weber, 48,

An Alameda County firefighter was accused of attempted sex acts with a child and possession of child pornography in Modesto last month, police said Friday.

A Bay Area fire department employee and El Dorado County resident is accused of possessing child pornography and trying to meet with a child for sex, the Modesto Police Department said Friday.

An Alameda County firefighter and captain was among those arrested during an investigation into “cracking down on child sex predators," by Modesto police.