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Abbie Jane Swogger, a former stripper and special education teacher’s aide from New Kensington, Pa., pleaded guilty today to 10 charges stemming from a 2008 arrest warrant which accused her of having sexual contact with teenagers and furnishing them with drugs and alcohol.

Swogger, 36, originally faced some 40 charges; however, most of them were dropped by Allegheny County prosecutors in exchange for her guilty plea. Under those terms, the charges she pled guilty to today included involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a minor.

“I want to say I’m very, very sorry for hurting anybody — my family, the families of the victims,” Swogger said in court, adding, “I’m sorry for not being the role model I should have been.”

The charges against Swogger came about in February 2008, when police went to New Kensington’s Clarion Hotel to investigate the reported runaway of two teenage girls. When investigators arrived on the scene, they discovered that Swogger, someone they knew had had previous contact with the girls, had checked into a room at the hotel. When police questioned Swogger about the runaways, she said that she had not seen the two teens. Suspicious about her claims, investigators conducted a search of her hotel room and found the two missing teens, along with another teen and alcohol, crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and condom wrappers. Investigators also reported smelling marijuana inside the room.

As a result of the incident, police charged Swogger with possession with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and four counts of corruption of a minor.

During a later interview with Fox News, Swogger said she had booked the hotel room so she could party with some adult friends and not the teens found there.

“I got a hotel room with me and my girls, and my son came to the hotel with his friends,” Swogger said. “I did not serve them any alcohol…. If there was marijuana there, it was not mine.”

Swogger admitted that there were open condom wrappers inside the room but denied having sex with anyone.

“I did not have any sex,” she said, adding, “If they were having sex, they kept it pretty discreet.”

In the days following Swogger’s arrest, the Highlands School District sent her a letter about her conduct and failure to show up for work.

“She did not follow proper procedures in not showing up for work,” Superintendent Karol Galcik told Post-gazette.com. “We said that she had a choice to resign or we would be taking this to the school board.”

Swogger responded by formally resigning from her position.

In April 2008, police filed 33 additional charges against Swogger, including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with a minor, and selling or furnishing liquor to minors. Those charges were brought against Swogger after nude photos of her surfaced on the Internet.

According to the criminal complaint, Swogger had hosted a party on Jan. 18, 2008, at the home of a 15-year-old boy. During the party, she allegedly stripped in the presence of three men and four boys, whom she allegedly allowed to touch her inappropriately.

The charges also revolved around statements given to police by a 17-year-old boy who claimed he had sex with Swogger on numerous occasions. The boy also admitted to receiving alcohol and drugs from her.

The complaint also detailed another incident in which Swogger allegedly attempted to hire two girls to beat up a third girl whom she believed was responsible for posting the party pictures on the Internet.

Swogger initially denied all of the charges, saying, “They’re lying to save their butts from getting in trouble.” However, somewhere along the line - perhaps due to the amount of jail time she was facing - Swogger decided to make a deal with prosecutors and admit her quilt in some of the charges.

“I wanted to make sure she was not working with children anytime in the near future,” Assistant District Attorney Laura Ditka told wpxi.com. “These charges should preclude her from working with children for the entire time of her life. She doesn’t have good judgment when she has access to minors.”

Upon approving the plea deal, Judge Kevin Sasinoski sentenced Abbie Jane Swogger to a three-to-six-year prison sentence. In addition, he ordered Swogger to serve 36 years of probation.

As a result of her conviction, Swogger will also be required to register as a sex offender.