Man arrested for improper advances, impersonation Police say man showed toy badge, pretended to be police officer BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE - Police announced June 13 that they arrested and charged a 57-year-old township man for allegedly impersonating a Perth Amboy police officer and making improper advances toward a 14-year-old female who lived in his neighborhood. Police arrested Pedro A. Jirau of 121 South Fulton St. at 2:23 p.m. June 9 for the incident, which had taken place the previous week, police said. Jirau was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, criminal sexual contact, luring, and impersonating a police officer, after displaying a toy badge to township police officers responding to the neighborhood complaint, police said. Police Officers Carlos Villegas and Michael Mason responded to Jirau's residence to investigate a complaint that Jirau had allegedly made improper advances to a 14-year-old female resident, police said. Villegas observed Jirau outside his South Fulton Street residence and requested identification, police said. It is alleged that Jirau displayed a silver badge and announced that he was a Perth Amboy police officer, police said. Police determined that Jirau was not a police officer and that the badge was a plastic toy inscribed with the words "Police Play," police said. The criminal complaint against Jirau alleges that he approached the 14-year-old and offered her $200 to watch TV in his home, police said. The complaint also alleges that during the June 9 encounter and on previous occasions, Jirau fondled his private area in the presence of the 14-year-old female, police said. On the same day of the June 9 incident, the female advised her parents of the encounter and the township police were notified, police said. Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Joseph L. Rea set Jirau's bail at $150,000. He remains incarcerated at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick. Residents are encouraged to report any other suspicious activity involving Jirau to the Woodbridge Township Police Department at (732) 634-7700 or to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at (732) 745-3300