Arrest made in 1985 kidnapping, rape

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Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have charged a La Plata man in a kidnapping and rape that occurred nearly 27 years ago.

Joseph Louis Herbert Jr, 55, was indicted by a grand jury in Charles County in connection with the abduction of a 22-year-old manager of a fast food restaurant on Aug. 23, 1985.

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