Overview

• Brian Swansiger, 28, pleaded guilty before Judge Rebecca Doherty to aggravated assault and gross sexual imposition, both fourth-degree felonies.
• Sentencing will follow a presentence investigation, and prosecutors requested an expedited report from probation.
• Mahoning County filings accuse Swansiger of raping and restraining a 25-year-old woman on Jan. 1, 2024 in what prosecutors described as a date-rape case.
• A grand jury previously issued indictments listing multiple counts, including rape, kidnapping, sexual battery, and gross sexual imposition, with an additional secret indictment returned Jan. 16.
• Court records show the Oct. 14 Mahoning County trial date was canceled with no new date set, and Swansiger remains on unpaid leave from the Springfield Township Fire Department.