According to filed court documents, from about August 2013 to March 2015, Swartz engaged in a drug conspiracy and was responsible for trafficking crystal methamphetamine to Jackson County and surrounding areas. Swartz was utilizing a source of supply in Atlanta, Georgia, for larger quantities of crystal meth. Court records show that Swartz made frequent trips to Atlanta and purchased the drugs from her co-defendant, Lisa Keith Jenkins.

Swartz pleaded guilty in October 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. She has been in federal custody since August 2015 and will be transferred to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility. All federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.