An East Stroudsburg man has pled guilty to child endangerment and will surrender his teaching certificate.
On Monday, John Swineford, 43, pled guilty to one count of child endangerment, a first-degree misdemeanor, in the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, Swineford told Stroud Area Regional Police Department officers on May 1, 2023, that he recorded his fiancée’s two minor daughters in his bathroom, and destroyed evidence by deleting files and attempting to dispose of a camera.
He was a math teacher at East Stroudsburg High School South at that time.
Judge Jennifer Sibum sentenced him to three years of probation. In addition to giving up his teaching license, Swineford will not be allowed contact with the victims nor allowed unsupervised contact with minors. He will continue sex offender counseling.
Swineford was initially charged with endangering the welfare of children, invasion of privacy, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and possessing instruments of a crime in May 2024.
The case was prosecuted by Monroe County First Assistant District Attorney Michael Rakaczewski.
Max Augugliaro is the public safety and government watchdog reporter at the Pocono Record. Reach him at MAugugliaro@gannett.com.
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