The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, April 6, 1995                TAG: 9504060340
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Briefs 
DATELINE: SMITHFIELD                         LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

MAN ACCUSED OF RAPING GIRL

John T. Hermann, 39, was arrested Wednesday on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl.

The assault occurred about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in Hermann's Smithfield home, Isle of Wight Sheriff's Maj. David Cobb said.

Hermann was being held in the Tidewater Regional Jail in Suffolk on a $50,000 bond.

He is to be arraigned Monday in Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court in Isle of Wight County.

KEYWORDS: RAPE ARREST SEXUAL ASSAULT by CNB