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Student reportedly raped in Brentsville High bathroom
The Prince William County Police Department is investigating a rape at Brentsville District High School in Nokesville.
According to police, a 14-year-old student was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance in the bathroom on Oct. 3, after school had ended for the day. The incident was reported to police by the girl's mother on Oct. 14.
On Oct. 15, a 15-year-old boy, also a student at Brentsville, was taken into custody at the school and was charged with rape.
Police said he is being held without bond at the Juvenile Detention Home, pending a hearing in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.
In announcing the arrest on Oct. 17, police stated that "this was an isolated incident and at no time were other students or school staff at risk."
Ken Blackstone, a spokesperson for the school division, said Monday that there was no security breach at the school.
"It's not an issue of security. It's really more of an issue of supervision," he said.
After school ends for the day, students still on the grounds are restricted to certain parts of the school. Other areas are closed off after classes end and students aren't allowed in those areas.
Blackstone said the two teens left the area they were allowed in and went into a part of the school that was closed to students.
According to Erika Herndandez, a spokesperson for the police department, the boy is currently a freshman and was a student last year at Marsteller Middle School.
Herndandez said the girl told police that he had been threatening and sexually assaulting her regularly before the bathroom incident. However, she hadn't told anyone about the situation.
"He had threatened to harm her physically and had intimidated her for about a month," Hernandez said.
On Oct. 3, he "forced her into the girls' bathroom and forced her to have intercourse with him" she said.
Nothing was reported until Oct. 14, when the girl's mother informed police. The boy has been charged only with the Oct. 3 incident.
In an email to parents on Monday, principal Robert Scott said off-limits areas of the school will now be better secured to keep students out.
He also encouraged parents to talk to their children about problems with other students.
"If they feel that they are being pressured or intimidated in any way, they need to tell you, the school guidance office, a teacher or administrator so that, together, we can appropriately address the issue," he wrote, adding that he planned to speak with students to assure them that they can talk to the staff about assault and other issues.
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