Man charged with raping teenager now accused of having child porn

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man who was charged with statutory rape earlier this year after moving into a home with a teenager and her father is now charged with having child pornography.

Travis Kalchbrenner, 32, was charged on Saturday with possessing child porn and is being held at the Cole County Jail. He was charged earlier this year with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, two counts of statutory rape, one count of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of fourth-degree child molestation.

He has a hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, July 28 in his rape case.

Previous reporting indicates that the victim and her father brought Kalchbrenner from Florida to live with them in Russellville. Kalchbrenner allegedly admitted to multiple sexual assaults after law enforcement was called to the home in March, according to court documents in previous reporting.

The child’s father, Frederick Copping, 47, was also charged in the case with child abuse, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, first-degree accessory to rape, first-degree accessory to sodomy, two counts of second-degree accessory to statutory rape, one count of first-degree accessory to sexual abuse and fourth-degree accessory to child molestation.

Copping is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond and had a hearing scheduled for Monday afternoon.