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

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.