Local man charged with multiple counts of rape faces new sexual exploitation of a child charges

Local man charged with multiple counts of rape faces new sexual exploitation of a child charges

Taisen Joe Lopez Scharer | Bannock County Jail POCATELLO — Taisen Joe Lopez Scharer, 20, who was charged in September in the rape and impregnation of a teen, faces new charges related to producing and possessing child porn. According to a 134-page court document, the victim in this new case is a teen girl from Iowa, whose mother contacted the Pocatello Police Department on Jan. 30, after finding her daughter had sent explicit videos to Scharer. …