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John Charles Swanson

Last Updated: July 12th, 2024
Jail Location
Florida
81yo
White Male
5′ 10″ (1.78m)
215lbs (98kg)

Personal Details

Date of birth: May 15, 1943
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Probable cause affidavit: SUBMITTED BY: PRUITT, DODI #0434 (AR14-9365) (FDLE BK-20-0041) THE DEFENDANT DID TRANSMIT PORNOGRAPHY BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR EQUIPMENT PROHIBITED, KNOWING OR REASONABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT HE OR SHE WAS TRANSMITTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AS DEFINED IN S.847.001 TO ANOTHER PERSON IN THIS STATE OR IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION COMMITTING A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 847.137(2); ON JANUARY 19, 2014 YOUR AFFIANT BEGAN AN UNDERCOVER INTERNET OPERATION TO IDENTIFY PERSONS USING PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) SOFTWARE ON THE INTERNET TO TRAFFIC AND/OR DISTRIBUTE IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. UPON SEARCHING, YOUR AFFIANT IDENTIFIED AN INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESS SHARING AND POSESSING IMAGES OF SUSPECTED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. ON JANUARY 19, 2014, YOUR AFFIANT WAS ABLE TO MAKE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE COMPUTER SHARING THESE FILES. YOUR AFFIANT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A DOWNLOAD OF THE FOLLOWING 1 FILE THAT THE COMPUTER AT THE TARGET IP ADDRESS WAS MAKING AVAILABLE. YOUR AFFIANT NOTED THAT THE FILE DOWNLOADED WITH THE FOLLOWING FILE NAME DEPICTED THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND/OR SEXUAL BATTERY OF CHILDREN: FILE NAME: !!new!!(pthc)(hussyfan)(2girls-mostexcellent!!)home4dub1_merge.avi DESCRIPTION: THIS VIDEO IS APPROXIMATELY 9 MINUTES AND 27 SECONDS IN LENGTH AND WAS PRODUCED BY “UNDERAGE PICTURES”. THE VIDEO DEPICTS 2 PREPUBESCENT FEMALES APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS OF AGE GETTING UNDRESSED. ONCE THEY ARE NAKED THEY LIE FLAT ON THEIR BACK ON THE FLOOR AND THE VIDEO CAMERA ZOOMED IN ON THEIR VAGINA/BUTTOCKS. THE 2 FEMALE CHILDREN IN THE VIDEO THEN SPREAD OPEN THEIR VAGINAS, MASTURBATE, THEN PERFORM SEXUAL ACTS TOGETHER. THE SEXUAL ACTS ARE: RUBBING EACH OTHER’S BREAST AREA AND VAGINAS THEN RUBBING THEIR VAGINAS TOGETHER. ON JANUARY 22, 2014, YOUR AFFIANT WAS ABLE TO MAKE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE COMPUTER SHARING THESE FILES. YOUR AFFIANT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A DOWNLOAD OF THE FOLLOWING 1 FILE THAT THE COMPUTER AT THE TARGET IP ADDRESS WAS MAKING AVAILABLE. YOUR AFFIANT NOTED THAT THE FILE DOWNLOADED WITH THE FOLLOWING FILE NAME DEPICTED THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND/OR SEXUAL BATTERY OF CHILDREN: FILE NAME: (((kingpass))) (pthc) (dark studio) dark robbery (holy shit%21.mpg DESCRIPTION: THIS VIDEO WAS OVER 53 MINUTES IN LENGTH. THE VIDEO DEPICTED THREE FEMALE JUVENILES APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS OF AGE. THE VIDEO DEPICTED THE THREE FEAMLES ENGAGED IN ORAL SEX WITH EACH OTHER AND MASTURBATING. TOWARDS THE END OF THE VIDEO THERE WERE 6 UNDERAGE FEMALES APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS OF AGE NAKED. DURING THE VIDEO SOME OF THEM POSED IN A MANNER TO EXPOSE THEIR VAGINAS IN A LEWD MANNER FOR THE CAMERAS. IT WAS DETERMINED THE SUSPECTED IP ADDRESS BELONGED TO BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS AND AFTER LEGAL PROCESS IT WAS DETERMINED THE IP ADDRESS WAS UTILIZED BY AN ACCOUNT HOLDER WITH AN ADDRESS OF 1767 W. DOCK PLACE IN CITRUS SPRINGS, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA. ON MARCH 3, 2014 YOUR AFFUIANT APPLIED FOR A SEARCH WARRANT IN CITRUS COUNTY AND IT WAS GRANTED BY JUDGE THOMAS. ON MARCH 5, 2014 YOUR AFFIANT RESPONDED TO 1767 W. DOCK PLACE IN CITRUS SPRINGS AND EXECUTED THE SEARCH WARRANT. YOUR AFFIANT MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND READ HIM MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PREPRINTED CARD TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK TO ME. HE ALSO SIGNED AN FDLE WAIVER OF RIGHTS FORM. HE ADVISED HIS DESKTOP COMPUTER IN THE DINING ROOM BELONGS TO HIM AND THAT NOBODY ELSE ACCESSES IT. HE ADVISED HE DOWNLOADED A P2P CLIENT AND HAS DOWNLOADED MANY FILES FROM THE P2P SOFTWARE. HE ADMITTED TO SEARCHING FOR THE TERM “PTHC” (COMMONLY STANDS FOR PRETEEN HARDCORE) BUT ADVISED HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT MEANT. HE ADVISED HE COULD NOT REMEMBER WHERE HE LEARNED THE TEARCH TERM BUT ADMITTED TO SEARCHING FOR IT AND DOWNLOADING “LOTS” OF FILES WITH THE TERM “PTHC” IN THEM. HE ADVISED HE DID OBSERVE THEM TO BE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BUT STATED HE THINKS HE DELETED ALL OF THEM OFF HIS COMPUTER BUT WAS NOT CERTAIN. YOUR AFFIANT ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD VIDEO DEPICTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON MULTIPLE DATES TO WHICH HE STATED HE KNEW HE HAD SEVERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FILES IN HIS SHARED FOLDER AND KNEW THAT IF THEY WERE LOCATED IN THAT SHARED FOLDER THAT OTHER PEOPLE ON THE P2P NETWORK WERE ABLE TO UPLOAD THEM FROM HIM. HE ADVISED HE REMEMBERED SEEING THE ABOVE TWO MENTIONED FILES BEING UPLOADED FROM HIS COMPUTER ON MULTIPLE DATES. I ADVISED HIM THAT WAS DISTRIBUTION TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD. HE ADVISED THAT HE TRIED TO DELETE THE FILES FROM HIS SHARED FOLDER BUT EVERY TIME HE WENT TO DO THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE UPLOADING THE FILE SO HE WAS UNABLE TO DELETE IT. HE ALSO ADVISED ME THAT HE COULD HAVE SHUT THE CLIENT SOFTWARE DOWN AND THAT WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE UPLOAD OF THE FILE BUT HE CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT. YOUR AFFIANT SHOWED THE DEFENDANT THE 4 FILES SHE WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD DIRECTLY FROM HIS COMPUTER AND ASKED HIM IF HE REMEMBERED THEM TO WHICH HE STATED YES. HE POINTED TO THE 2 BELOW FILES (THAT WERE DESCRIBED ABOVE) AND ADVISED THOSE WERE THE TWO FILES HE SAW BEING UPLOADED FROM HIS COMPUTER ON MULTIPLE DATES: !!new!!(pthc)(hussyfan)(2girls-mostexcellent!!)home4dub1_merge.avi (((kingpass))) (pthc) (dark studio) dark robbery (holy shit%21.mpg THE DEFENDANT INTIALED AND DATED THE PRINTOUT OF THE 4 FILES ADMITTING HE HAD POSSESSION OF THOSE FILES AND ADMITTED TO KNOWING HE ALLOWED 2 OF THEM TO BE UPLOADED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. YOUR AFFIANT ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS UNDER ARREST FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TO WHICH HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HE DID THAT. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PATTED DOWN BY A CITRUS COUNTY DEPUTY AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. BOND IS SET AT $10,000 PER BOND SCHEDULE. NARRATIVE TYPED BY OFFICER DODI PRUITT OF FDLE
Inmate name: JOHN CHARLES SWANSON
Status: Supervised - FL Dept of Corrections
Designation: Sexual Offender
Department of corrections: U51570
Supervision type: SEX OFFENDER COMM. CONTRL
Supervision begin date: Aug 14, 2014
Scheduled termination date: Aug 13, 2019
Inmate status: ACTIVE
DC number: U51570
Current location: TAVARES

Documented Aliases

JOHN SWANSON
JOHN C SWANSON

Known addresses

1767, Florida 34434
1767 W Dock Pl, Florida 34434

Recent Arrests

Arrest number: 18408
Arrest date: Feb 26, 2016
Arrest type: Felony
Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Arrest number: 9365
Arrest date: Mar 5, 2014
Arrest type: Felony
Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Recent Charges

Jurisdiction state: CITRUS, FL
Crime description: SEND CHILD PORN; F.S. 847.0137(2) (2 COUNTS - PRINCIPAL)
Court case: 1400256
Adjudication date: Aug 14, 2014
Adjudication: Guilty/convict

Code: 847.0137(2)
Charge description: KNOWINGLY TRANSMIT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN FL TO ANOTHER
Bond amount: $10,000

Code: 948.06 F
Charge description: Violation of Probation or Community Control (Felony)
Bond amount: $0

Discharge date: Aug 14, 2014
Offense date: Jan 19, 2014
Offense: SEND CHILD PORN.
County: CITRUS
Community supervision length: 2Y 0M 0D 3Y 0M 0D 2Y 0M 0D
Case number: 1400256

Discharge date: Aug 14, 2014
Offense date: Jan 19, 2014
Offense: SEND CHILD PORN.
County: CITRUS
Community supervision length: 2Y 0M 0D
Case number: 1400256

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