Sex offender breaks into NYC jail then gropes and strip-searches an inmate (PICTURED)

 Matthew Matagarno used fake badge to get into Manhattan Detention Center.

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Matthew Matagarno used a fake badge to get into the Manhattan Detention Center, NYPD cops say, where he allegedly abused one inmate and told him, ‘Don’t f— with me. I will hurt you,’ according to court records.

The deranged perv who allegedly flashed a phony badge to glide past security at a New York City jail is facing a new rap for groping and strip-searching an inmate in the same visit, the Daily News has learned.

Brazen jail-obsessed fiend Matthew Matagrano was already facing charges for using a gold shield to get into the Manhattan Detention Center on Feb. 27, spending 7 1/2 hours in the lockup schmoozing with inmates and doling out cigarettes.

But now investigators say he also attacked an inmate on the same joyride — pinning him against a pillar, grabbing his testicles and threatening him, according to a new criminal complaint.

“Don’t f— with me. I will hurt you,” Matagrano, 37, told the victim, court records said.

The 5-foot-8, 340-pound nut ordered his victim into a cell and forced the man to strip and be searched, the complaint says.

The inmate later filed a complaint, leading to the additional charge of burglary as a sexually motivated felony against Matagrano on July 8.

He was previously indicted for burglary, possession of a forged instrument, criminal impersonation and promoting prison contraband stemming from the same stunt at the lower Manhattan jail, also known as the Tombs.

New York officials say that for at least a week, former inmate Matthew Matagrano used phony credentials to get into multiple city lockups, including Rikers Island, picturerd, and the Manhattan Detention Center, where he mingled with inmates for hours.

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New York officials say that for at least a week, former inmate Matthew Matagrano used phony credentials to get into multiple city lockups, including Rikers Island, picturerd, and the Manhattan Detention Center, where he mingled with inmates for hours.

He was essentially “pretending to be an investigator from the Intelligence Unit,” the complaint said.

The Matagrano incident remains a black eye for the Department of Correction. On the date of his alleged visit to the jail, Matagrano parked in a reserved spot using a bogus placard and flashed a badge. It is unclear where he got the placard or why he was admitted with a fake badge.

A gold badge from a group called Civil Advocates of New York was found on Matagrano when he was arrested. It is unclear if Civil Advocates of New York is a legitimate group.

The group’s online mission statement says it “strives to be the secure and trusted safe place that our clients can turn to for personalized Advocacy/Training services when are (sic) clients are in their greatest need of a friend.”

After he was caught, Matagrano admitted he sneaked into jails — and only had nice things to say about correction workers.

“They give me food. They made me feel important,” he said.

Matagrano is a sex offender who sodomized a teenage boy in 1996 and has done stints in state prison for that and other felonies, records show.

The Department of Correction did not respond to a request for comment. Matagrano is being held without bail.

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