Predator Arrested in Edgemont

Jason Lee , age 24 of 150 Old Army Rd. Scarsdale, was arrested for Attempted Dissemination of Indecent Material to Minors in the First Degree (a felony) on Wednesday June 2.

This arrest followed a joint investigation between the Greenburgh Police Department and the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office High Tech Crime Unit whereby the suspect attempted to meet a 15 year-old girl for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act with the girl. Lee met the alleged underage girl and arranged for the sexual act on Facebook. However, the 15 year-old girl was an undercover police officer.

Jason Lee is a freelance tennis instructor who states he currently does work for Mount Vernon Tennis Center and has done work for Scarsdale High School, as well as providing private instruction to Edgemont High School students and others. In the past, he ran classified ads for tennis instruction and racquet stringing on Scarsdale10583.com

Lee was arraigned before the Honorable Judge Doris Friedman and remanded to the Westchester County Jail without bail. Lee is scheduled to return to Greenburgh Town Court on Friday June 4, 2010 at 9:30 am.

Greenburgh Detectives and Investigators from the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office executed a search warrant at the suspect’s home and gathered further evidence. Greenburgh Detectives are continuing the investigation and ask that anyone with information to please contact them at (914) 682-5331. All calls will be kept confidential.