{"id":30735,"date":"2026-02-24T14:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/?p=30735"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:17:36","slug":"state-police-arrest-prince-georges-county-man-for-possession-distribution-of-child-pornography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2026\/02\/24\/state-police-arrest-prince-georges-county-man-for-possession-distribution-of-child-pornography\/","title":{"rendered":"State Police Arrest Prince George\u2019s County Man for Possession, Distribution of Child Pornography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"margin: 14.0pt 0in 14.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"color: black\">(BOWIE, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police arrested a Prince George\u2019s County man after an investigation developed evidence of the possession and distribution of child pornography.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 14.0pt 0in 14.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"color: black\">The suspect is identified as Braeden E. Swisher, 26, of Bowie, Maryland. In consultation with the Office of the State\u2019s Attorney in Prince George\u2019s County, Swisher was arrested and charged with six counts each of distribution and possession of child pornography. He was transported to the Prince George\u2019s County Detention Center, where he is waiting to be seen by a court commissioner. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 14.0pt 0in 14.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"color: black\">In October 2025, Maryland State Police received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The investigation into the possession and viewing of child pornography led to the identification of Swisher as the suspect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 14.0pt 0in 14.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"color: black\">This morning, troopers from the Maryland State Police Child Exploitation Unit served an authorized search warrant at Swisher\u2019s residence in Bowie. He was interviewed and arrested on scene without incident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 14.0pt 0in 14.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"color: black\">The Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit coordinates the Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. This is a combined law enforcement effort involving police departments across Maryland that is made possible in part due to grant funds provided by the Governor\u2019s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy and by a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. Task force investigators focus on identifying those involved in child pornography via the Internet and other related crimes that victimize children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Braeden-Swisher-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30736\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Braeden-Swisher--300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Braeden-Swisher--300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/02\/Braeden-Swisher-.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Braeden E. Swisher<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: Office of Media Communications, <a href=\"mailto:msp.media@maryland.gov\">msp.media@maryland.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(BOWIE, MD) \u2013 Maryland State Police arrested a Prince George\u2019s County man after an investigation developed evidence of the possession and distribution of child pornography.\u00a0 The suspect is identified as Braeden E. Swisher, 26, of Bowie, Maryland. In consultation with the Office of the State\u2019s Attorney in Prince George\u2019s County, Swisher was arrested and charged<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2026\/02\/24\/state-police-arrest-prince-georges-county-man-for-possession-distribution-of-child-pornography\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-enforcement-division","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30737,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30735\/revisions\/30737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}