Suffolk County Police on Tuesday, January 10 arrested a Lake Grove man for endangering the welfare of a child in Selden.

An 11-year-old girl was approached by a man as she was walking home from Selden Middle School at approximately 3:25 p.m. The man ran up from behind the victim and made sexual propositions to her before she ran home. The man then left the scene in a motor vehicle, striking a pole as he fled.

Following an investigation by Sixth Precinct Crime Control officers, Zachary Chase was arrested at his home at 8:37 p.m.

Chase, 28, of 20 Commonwealth Ave., Lake Grove, was charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child 2nd Degree and Leaving the Scene of a Motor Vehicle Accident. He is being held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on January 11.