Local Man Charged With Rape

Staff Report

CHARLOTTE COURT HOUSE – A Charlotte County man is facing charges that he committed rape by having sexual intercourse with a child less than 13 years of age.

Brian Devon Boise, whose address is listed in Charlotte Court House, faces this charge and is scheduled to appear in Lunenburg County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court this week.

The warrant of arrest says that Boise unlawfully and feloniously violated Section 18.2-61, which reads “18.2-61. “If any person has sexual intercourse with a complaining witness, whether or not his or her spouse, or causes a complaining witness, whether or not his or her spouse, to engage in sexual intercourse with any other person and such act is accomplished (i) against the complaining witness’s will, by force, threat or intimidation of or against the complaining witness or another person; or (ii) through the use of the complaining witness’s mental incapacity or physical helplessness; or (iii) with a child under age 13 as the victim, he or she shall be guilty of rape.”

The warrant indicates that the events leading to these charges took place between the dates of February 1, 2011 through August 31, 2014.

The Commitment of Order says that Boise is to be held without bail prior to his appearance in court. The arrest warrant was executed by the Lunenburg County Sheriff’s Office on June 2, 2017.