By Dee Longfellow
For The Independent
Last week, the Independent learned that a teacher’s aide working at Willowbrook High School is facing sexual assault charges after a 16-year-old male student revealed they had sex.
According to police authorities, Elyse V. Snyder, 28, of Bolingbrook, was arrested on Thursday, May 12 at Willowbrook and has been charged with three counts of felony aggravated criminal sexual assault (position of authority) and two counts of felony criminal sexual abuse (more than five-year age difference).
Bolingbrook police reported that the victim and Snyder both admitted to having sex on two separate occasions in Bolingbrook last month.
Snyder was being held in the Will County Adult Detention Facility, police said.
Willowbrook Principal Dan Krause announced on the school’s website that Snyder has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
“We take all allegations very seriously, and we are cooperating with local officials on this case,” Krause wrote. “At no time was the safety and security of our students, staff or community a concern.”
