Rockville Neighbor Sentenced for Rape of Woman at Knifepoint

ROCKVILLE, MD — A Rockville man convicted on multiple charges of rape and sex offenses for breaking into a sleeping neighbor's home and raping her at knifepoint has been sentenced to spend life in prison for the assault. Myles Joshua Bowersox, 25, of the 13100 block of Midway Avenue in Rockville, was convicted in September on charges of home invasion, rape and sex offenses.

Montgomery County Police say Bowersox broke into a house in the 5600 block of Dowgate Court in Rockville on Nov. 16, 2015. The 63-year-old victim was asleep in her bedroom when Bowersox entered the room through an unlocked window. Police say Bowersox pulled the victim’s shirt over her head so she could not see him and sexually assaulted her. After the assault, he held a knife to the victim’s stomach and told her he would come back and kill her if she reported the assault.

Prosecutors called the attack a woman’s worst nightmare, reports WTOP. Bowersox watched the victim from his second-floor apartment, then attacked late at night after an argument with his girlfriend, said Ramon Korionoff with the Montgomery County States Attorney’s Office.

Fingerprints taken from the scene and entered into a national database for analysis were found to match Bowersox, whose profile was in the system from a previous charge for sexual assault, according to court documents.

Prosecutors say the victim suffers from schizoaffective disorder, which Bowersox mistook for dementia, and that made her a target.

“This crime has made her more anxious and has made her afraid to even go outside,” the victim's brother said in court, WTOP reports.

»Photo of Myles Bowersox of Rockville, courtesy of Montgomery County Police