COCAINE RAP FOR GAL COP

'Panty' Raid At Home

A city cop got caught with her drawers down, after a large stash of
drugs was allegedly found hidden among her lingerie in the Long
Island home she shares with her Latin Kings gang-member boyfriend,
sources said yesterday.

Authorities said they found numerous bags of cocaine and marijuana
ready for sale in the Long Beach home of NYPD rookie officer Carolina
Salgado, 30. The raid was conducted Thursday night by members of the
Nassau County District Attorney's Office, the NYPD and Long Beach cops.

After entering the house with a warrant, officers found three
children home alone - 12- and 11-year-old boys and a 3-month-old
girl, authorities said.

All the seized drugs were found stashed inside Salgado's skivvies
drawer, including 150 small bags of pot and two bags of cocaine.

The officers also found $3,000 and a large collection of
paraphernalia linked to the notorious Latin Kings gang, of which
Salgado's boyfriend Nelson Fernandez, 26, is a reputed member.

The cop - assigned to the 73rd Precinct in Brownsville, Brooklyn -
was found in a car with Fernandez a short time after the raid.

The couple was nabbed with a carload of drugs, including 15 bags of
marijuana and two bags of cocaine.

When investigators asked Salgado how she got involved, she told them,
"What do you want me to do? I'm pregnant with his kid."

Sources said that the bust of the allegedly crooked cop went down
after a monthlong probe, in which investigators spotted drug sales at
the couple's home.

Sometimes, they saw alleged buyers drive up and take packages from
their mailbox. Other times, they saw the 12-year-old - who along with
his brother had a different father - greeting visitors at the home.

Salgado and Fernandez were charged with endangering the welfare of a
child and drug possession. Fernandez is also charged with selling
pot, said a Nassau DA spokesman.

Salgado, a beat cop who joined the force in July 2005, has been
suspended. She was ordered held without bail, while Fernandez's bail
was set at $5,000.

Sources said Fernandez, a predicate felon, has prior arrests for
assault, attempted assault and drug possession.