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Seems there is always a "plan b" or a nice safety net for the "bad cops" to fall back on.

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Enough said right there!

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Ex-cop stabbed, robbed outside Jersey City home

Jersey Journal
Michaelangelo Conte
Monday October 08

A former Jersey City police sergeant arrested in Maine recently on charges he had nearly a 1 1/2 pounds of cocaine was dragged from his car yesterday, stabbed and robbed of $5,000 in the Heights, officials told The Jersey Journal today.

Michael Cervino, 33, of Hague Street, said he was arriving at his home at 3:45 yesterday afternoon when he was dragged out of his Lexus by two men and one of them pointed a revolver at him, reports said.

Cervino said as the men approached him he pushed the gun aside and ran down an alley to his backyard where he broke a window with his hands and tried to jump through it unsuccessfully, reports said.

He then back up the alley to his car where he was tackled by the men and one of them stabbed him in his right hand, saying "I got him," reports said.

Cervino said he screamed "call 911," and when a neighbor came out of his home, his attackers fled, reports said. Cervino got into his car and drove to Christ Hospital, reports said. During the scuffle the men took $5,000, Cervino told police.

The officers who met Cervino at the hospital said he "appeared nervous, edgy and disheveled and had a hard time maintaining focus on the conversation, reports said.

Cervino was treated at nearby Christ Hospital and picked up by his parents, reports said.

In May, Cervino was arrested in Auburn, Maine, and charged with aggravated trafficking, an offense carrying a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison upon conviction, officials said. A spokesman for the Maine DEA said an update on the status of that case is not available today due to the holiday.

Cervino had been arrested in April in Jersey City, almost a week after a 39-year-old Bayonne man signed a complaint against him on a robbery charge, reports said.

The victim said he wanted to buy $100 worth of cocaine, but Cervino told him it would cost $200, reports said. The victim told police that when he left Cervino's home without making a purchase, Cervino punched him in the eye and robbed him of $580, reports said.

Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said an update on the status of this case is not available today, also due to the holiday.

In September 2005, Cervino was suspended without pay pending a disciplinary proceeding and he was relieved of his weapon, Police Chief Tom Comey said. In December 2005, he was allowed to go on an unpaid leave of absence, officials said, adding that in September 2006 he was granted a pension based on a medical disability, official said.

A call to Cervino was not immediately returned today.