Woman Arrested In Connection With Rape

— A Rogers woman was arrested Thursday in connection with the rape of a boy.

Lisa Dawn Norman, 45, was arrested in connection with five counts of rape, a Class Y felony.

The father of a 15-year-old boy reported to police Jan. 17 his son was inappropriately touched when the teen was younger, according to an affidavit of probable cause. The teen later was interviewed at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Benton County.

The boy said the abuse began when he was 7. The teen described the abuse in detail and reported the last incident happened when he was 8 and in the third grade, according to the affidavit.

Norman was also interviewed by police, according to the affidavit.

She initially denied the allegation but later told detectives she remembered one incident where she woke up in bed with the boy and was touching him inappropriately. She told police the incident happened when the boy was in the second or third grade, according to court documents.

Norman was being held Friday in the Benton County Jail with no bond set.

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