Update: Edgemont Man Tried to Meet 'Teen Girl' on Facebook

A local man who works with children was arrested Wednesday for using Facebook to meet who he thought was a 15-year-old girl.

But Jason Lee, a 24-year-old tennis instructor who police say has taught students at Scarsdale and Edgemont high schools, soon discovered the "girl" was a detective who was using Lee's online communications to build a case against him.

According to a spokesperson for Scarsdale schools, Lee never worked for the district.

Lee, of 150 Old Army Road, was arrested at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday by Greenburgh police detectives and investigators from the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Lee was charged with first-degree attempted dissemination of indecent material to a minor, a felony.

Citing an ongoing investigation, Greenburgh police Lt. Brian Ryan said investigators were reluctant to discuss the specifics of evidence. It's not clear if Lee tried to transmit photos or videos to the detective who posed as a teenage girl, as has been the case with similar arrests.

Ryan said the investigation spanned "about a week or so," and was a cooperative effort between Greenburgh police and the district attorney's High Tech Crime Unit.

Lee, a former tennis standout with Western New England College, worked with children as a tennis instructor. Police say Lee worked with students in the Scarsdale and Edgemont districts, and served as an instructor at the Mount Vernon Tennis Center. Lee was described as a "freelance tennis instructor," and at Edgemont, the superintendent said he was not a coach and was not on district payroll.

"He is not an employee and has not, to my knowledge, ever been an employee in the Edgemont School District," said Nancy Taddiken, the district's superintendent.

Scarsdale School District spokeswoman Victoria Presser couldn't immediately determine what connection Lee had with the district.

On his Facebook profile, which remained online as of Thursday afternoon, a bespectacled Lee is pictured next to two friends. The page cites his interest as money, Mafia Wars -- a popular online game -- and the Candlelight Inn, a popular eatery on Central Park Avenue in Scarsdale.