SAN JOSE — A San Jose recreation leader has been charged with two felony counts of soliciting lewd images from a 15-year-old girl he met online earlier this year, according to police.

Mark Joseph West, 25, was arrested July 16 by San Jose officers after investigators were called to an unidentified home in San Jose the day before for a suspicious circumstance, San Jose police said.

Police did not say what the suspicious circumstance was, but while at the home, they learned that West had been exchanging inappropriate images with a 15-year-old girl he met online in January. During those six months, police said, the teen and West developed a relationship.

West has been booked into the Santa Clara County in lieu of $90,000 bail and has been charged with two felony counts of exhibiting or soliciting lewd material to or from a minor and four counts of misdemeanor annoying or molesting a minor.

He is scheduled to enter a plea in court in San Jose on 9 a.m. Thursday.

A San Jose recreation leader with the city’s Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services, West has been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation, police said. It was unclear if the leave was paid.

A call to the recreation department was not immediately returned.

According to West’s LinkedIn profile, he is a student at Cal State East Bay, focusing on graphic design and minoring in business management and advertisement. He states on his profile that he previously attended De Anza College and has worked for several years as a seasonal employee for the city’s annual Christmas in the Park event.

Anyone with information about the case or other possible victims is asked to contact Detective Daniel Krauss with the San Jose Police Department’s Sexual Assault Investigations Unit at 408-277-4102.

Those wishing to remain anonymous can either call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 408-947-STOP (7867) or click the “Submit a Tip” link at www.sjpd.org.

Contact Katie Nelson at 408-920-5006 and follow her at Twitter.com/katienelson210.