Boise faces rape charges

Published 10:25 am Wednesday, June 14, 2017

A Charlotte Court House man has been indicted on 31 counts of rape and carnal knowledge by a grand jury in Lunenburg County Circuit Court.

Brian Devon Boise was indicted June 5, according to court records.

According to court records and Commonwealth’s Attorney Robert Clement, Boise was indicted on 18 counts of rape of a victim under the age of 13 and 13 counts of carnal knowledge of a victim between the ages of 13-14.

The incidents the charges stem from allegedly occurred place between February 2012 and August 2014, Clement said.

The rape charges carry a potential sentence of life in prison and the carnal knowledge charges carry a potential sentence of up to 10 years each, Clement said.

According to the Lunenburg County Sheriff’s Office and Clement, Boise was arrested June 3 on a warrant of rape following an investigation between the sheriff’s office and the Lunenburg County Department of Social Services.

The investigation began after an alleged rape of a minor under 13 years of age in August 2014, police say.

Clement said Boise lived in Lunenburg at the time of the 2012-14 incidents and in Charlotte Court House at the time of the arrest.

Boise is currently being held without bond at Piedmont Regional Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.