Police say a Lake Grove man has been arrested for approaching a young girl as she walked home from Selden Middle School.

According to police, an 11-year-old girl was approached by a man as she was walking home Tuesday at approximately 3:25 p.m.

Police say the man ran up from behind the girl 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 police, Zachary Chase was arrested at his home at 8:37 p.m. Tuesday.

Chase, 28, of 20 Commonwealth Ave., Lake Grove, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident.