PIERRE – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a South Dakota man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on November 1, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
Jeremiah Jay Swalley, age 40, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Swalley was indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender by a federal grand jury in November of 2021. He pleaded guilty on March 14, 2022.
Swalley was convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in January 2017. As a result of this conviction, he is required to register as a sex offender and update his registration within three business days of relocation or changing employment. Swalley left his previously registered address on September 3, 2021, and failed to update his registration between September 9, 2021, and October 26, 2021.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
This case was investigated by U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Abby Roesler prosecuted the case.
Swalley was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.