SWAT OFFICER FACES FEDERAL CHILD PORN CHARGES

A Baltimore Police SWAT officer is now facing federal child pornography and obstruction of justice charges.  The Harford County Sheriff’s Office first got involved in October when a minor reported that 51-year-old Donald Hildebrandt was found inside a room with another minor exposing himself.  One of the victims told police he demanded the girl perform sexually explicit actions with him.  Since then, police have found several videos, still shots, and a link to a child porn website on his devices.  Hildebrandt was already facing state charges and is suspended from the police department without pay.  If convicted on all charges, he could face up to 60 years in prison.