Abby Jane Swogger's Sex Parties and the Responsibility of Parents Hosting Teen Parties

A Teacher and Parent of Three Teens Shares Their View

Parents and adults who throw parties where teenagers are in attendance place themselves in a very precarious position of responsibility. Other parents expect a certain amount of accountability and responsibility when their children attend such parties. They want and hope their children are in a safe, secure, and fun environment, an environment sans drugs, alcohol, sex, violence or any type of detrimental or traumatic stimuli or occurrence.

But some adults and parents should never host parties for teens. Abby Jane Swogger of Harrison, Pennsylvania, is a perfect example.

In a very convoluted case involving several parties, a couple of runaway girls, nude photos, inappropriate acts with minors, drugs and alcohol, a hotel room, and the involvement of untold numbers of teens and adults, the police are investigating Abby Jane Swogger, a teacher's aide at Highlands High School in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, while she is being held in a Westmoreland County Prison. One of the young males in one of the photographs is alleged to be 14 years old. Swogger was arrested Tuesday, February 26, for her suspected involvement in a hotel party attended by minors and adults Thursday night, information gathered by police when they began questioning two 15-year-old runaways found in Swogger's hotel room Friday afternoon.

Swogger is no longer employed as a teacher's aide. She chose to resign Monday, just a day before she was arrested.

Swogger was released on bail Tuesday afternoon, but was rearrested for violating her probation and placed in prison until her hearing on March 6. Her bond was revoked because she had agreed to not leave her home or have any contact with minors, breaching both stipulations. When she was picked up by the police, a 17-year-old male who also appears in at least one of the photos was at her house.