A Washington D.C. man was sentenced to 42 months in prison for traveling into the District to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.
Scott Richard Swirling, 62, of Silver Spring, Md., was sentenced to 42 months in prison for traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
According to the government’s evidence, on Jan. 7, 2013, Swirling contacted a man he believed to be the father of an under-aged girl on a social network site. That man turned out to be an undercover officer with the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force. Over the next few days, Swirling engaged in graphic online email and instant message conversations with the undercover officer.
During these conversations, Swirling arranged with the undercover officer to meet for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with the child. Swirling traveled from Silver Spring to a pre-arranged meeting place in Washington, D.C., where he was arrested.
This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative and investigated by the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, which includes members of the FBI’s Washington Field Office and MPD.
U.S. Attorney Machen, Assistant Director Parlave, and Chief Lanier praised the work of the MPD Detectives and Special Agents of the FBI Child Exploitation Task Force.
They also commended the efforts of Assistant U.S. Attorney Ari Redbord, who prosecuted the case.
Related Federal Cases
- Brendan Theodore Coetzee, Using Interstate Communications to Illicit Sexual Conduct from a Minor, Illinois 2015 · Washington
- Michael L. Fischer, Traveling with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, Maryland 2014 · Florida
- Enrique Carbajal, First-Degree Sexual Abuse of a Minor, District of Columbia 2016 · District of Columbia
- Patrick Shawn Sutphin, Sexual Exploitation of a Child, Maryland 2015 · Washington
- Logan Viquesney, Interstate Transportation of a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity, Virginia 2016 · Kansas
Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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