From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY – A Blanchard man has been sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison for communicating a threat to bomb synagogues, Gaylord Memorial Stadium, a Walmart store and the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
According to public records, on May 18, 2023, Landon Kyle Swinford, 20, made contact with an undercover law enforcement officer after posting Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) propaganda on social media. Swinford communicated with the undercover officer through October 22, 2023, during which time he expressed a desire to travel overseas to fight with ISIS.
Swinford also scouted out Gaylord Memorial Stadium at the University of Oklahoma for a possible terror attack, and suggested a Walmart or the city of New Orleans be targeted for attack, as well. Additionally, Swinford sent the officer a manifesto and an ISIS Bayat video in which he pledged his allegiance to ISIS and burned an Israeli flag.
Through the course of the investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation learned that Swinford had multiple social media accounts. On Oct. 23, 2023, Swinford posted a public statement on Instagram that read “CAST FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF THE KUFFAR THIS HALLOWEEN. Dress up as your favorite mujahideen and bomb a synagogue.”
During the investigation, the FBI also learned that the known IP address and two accounts of Swinford were found to have accessed child pornography in April and July of 2023. Swinford later confessed to having possessed and shared child pornography.
A federal grand jury charged Swinford on July 17, 2024, with possession of child pornography and with communicating a threat.
He pleaded guilty on Nov. 13, 2024, and admitted he knowingly possessed material containing child pornography, including images of prepubescent children, and that he knowingly transmitted a communication containing a threat to injure another person.
At the sentencing hearing on Aug. 14, 2025, U.S. District Judge Charles Goodwin sentenced Swinford to serve 120 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. In announcing his sentence, Goodwin noted the seriousness of the offenses, that Swinford had specifically targeted synagogues and people of the Jewish faith, Swinford’s willingness to fight for ISIS, his distribution of child pornography, and that Swinford had direct contact with minors in which he had discussions and traded pictures of a sexual nature.
The case was investigated by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Edmond, Norman and Oklahoma City police departments, the McClain County Sheriff’s Office, the New York City Police Department, and the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Community College and Oklahoma City University police departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Dillon prosecuted the case.