NY Woman Charged With Rape Of 11-Year-Old Student

A middle-aged female primary school aide in New York City was charged on Friday with raping an 11-year-old boy.

A middle-aged female primary school aide in New York City was charged on Friday with raping an 11-year-old boy more than seven years ago.

Lois Enden, now 55, has been charged with five counts of second-degree rape and two counts of second-degree sodomy and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement.

Prosecutors allege Enden approached the victim when he was in the fourth grade and took him into an empty room where she kissed him on the mouth. Enden, who has been employed at the school since 1990, then began to drive the boy home after school on a regular basis.

"It it alleged that she had sexual intercourse with him at both of their homes at various times between 1999 and June 2000, when he graduated from fifth grade and left the school," Brown said.

He said the investigation began about a month ago when the victim, now 19, met Enden by chance and then told a friend what he said occurred while he was a student at the school in the New York City borough of Queens. The victim's friend persuaded him to report the incident to police.

"The defendant's alleged conduct is not simply a violation of law but of society's innate code of ethics," Brown said. "Parents should never have to be concerned or worried about their children's well-being when in school."

Enden was due to appear in Queens Criminal Court later on Friday.