A Long Island teacher was arrested Friday for attempting to engage in sexually explicit online chats with a decoy account he believed belonged to a 13-year-old girl, according to police.

Mark Verity, 37, of Islip , is accused of having inappropriate communications online — including “requesting indecent photos” from a purported child, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a press release.

SCPD Digital Forensics Unit detectives began an investigation into the alleged online activities after receiving a report from the Riverhead Town Police Department regarding a teacher at Wading River Elementary School, part of the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District .

Verity was allegedly caught on camera confessing to the crimes to a sting of local vigilantes, as well as Riverhea

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