Date: 03-13-2025

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United States of America v. Trevor Swift

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Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office for Waco, Texas

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Waco, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Pornography
Former High School Athletic Trainer Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Pornography

A Moody man who had worked as a high school athletic trainer was sentenced in a federal court in Waco to 84 months in prison for possession of visual depictions of sexual activities by minors.

According to court documents, Trevor Swift, 57, was employed as an athletic trainer at Lake Belton High School in May 2022 when students, through his office window, observed him viewing images depicting child sexual abuse material on his cell phone. Students recorded Swift’s activities and reported his conduct to administrators. Swift admitted to Temple Police Department investigators that he had viewed sexually explicit images but said they were of adult males and females. He was dismissed from campus and placed on administrative leave. Swift was arrested May 26, 2022 and was convicted in a bench trial July 31, 2024.

The investigation included seizure of an SD memory card from Swift’s office at the high school, which revealed pornographic images depicting prepubescent and pubescent children—males and females as young as 5 years of age or younger—engaged in sexual acts.

Acting U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas made the announcement.

The FBI and the Temple Police Department investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Kucera prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

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Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 84 months in prison

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