State Employee Charged with Using Driver Data in Child Porn and Rape Scheme

Attorney general charges former state employee with computer misuse, child porn, rape solicitation

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley speaks to reporters on Nov. 3, 2025, in Sioux Falls. Also pictured, from left, are Tiffany Stoeser, Toby Russell and Dan Miller of the state Division of Criminal Investigation. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the indictment of a former driver’s license examiner should inspire legislators to make it a state crime to possess pornographic …

State employee charged with using driver data in child porn and rape scheme

SIOUX FALLS — A worker in the Aberdeen office of the Department of Public Safety has been charged with solicitation of second-degree rape, possession of child pornography, and unlawful use of a computer system in what Attorney General Marty Jackley said is a wide-ranging investigation that includes images created with artificial intelligence and sharing of driver’s license data. Mark Charles Rathbun, 66, was arrested Friday and is being held in …