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A Hammond man faces more than two decades in prison after a jury found him guilty of distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
U.S. District Judge Gretchen Lund sentenced Michael Swiger, 41, to 262 months in prison, a lifetime of supervised release and ordered him to pay $49,000 in restitution to the victims of the offenses.
According to documents in the case, a jury found Swiger guilty of distributing videos of child sexual abuse material over a social media application on April 4, 2022, and also of possessing child sexual abuse material on April 5, 2022.
“Today’s sentence stands as a warning to all those who believe distributing and collecting images and videos of the sexual abuse of children will be ignored or tolerated,” said Acting U.S. Attorney M. Scott Proctor in a news release, “My office, in partnership with federal, state, and local agencies will aggressively investigate, prosecute, and seek restitution from anyone who victimizes the most vulnerable members of our community.”
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (Chicago and St. Paul) with assistance from the Hammond Police Department and the Indiana State Police Digital Forensics Unit.
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