Bradford County Man Charged With Production Of Child Sexual Abuse Material

WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brad Daniel Swink, age 41, of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a six-count indictment.

According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, the indictment alleges that Swink produced child pornography on April 10, 2025, and distributed child pornography on January 27, 2023. The indictment also alleges that Swink possessed images of child sexual abuse between January 2023 and April of 2025, and that he specifically received images or videos on three separate times from July 2023 to April 2024.

The FBI and the Pennsylvania State Police investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alisan V. Martin is prosecuting the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.usdoj.gov/pscLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link..

The maximum penalty under federal law for the most serious offense is up to thirty years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. A sentence following the finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Indictments are only allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.

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