Ex-teacher gets 27 years for inducing young children in sexual acts at her home

SAN ANTONIO – A former fifth-grade teacher was sentence to 27 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexual performance by a child.

Keisha Lyn Swarner, 42 was arrested on April 14, 2022, and has remained in federal custody. She pleaded guilty on Jan. 9, 2024, to one count of sexual performance by a child, admitting that she had authorized and induced a child younger than 14 years of age to engage in sexual conduct.

Court records say Swarner induced a 13-year-old boy to engage in sexual conduct with a 12-year-old girl in her home on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Swarner sent various text messages to a the boy on a cell phone she gave him that induced sexual conduct between the children. She also told the boy not to tell his parents.

After release from federal prison, Swarner will have 30 years of supervised release.