David Paul Cross, 26, of Blytheville, pled guilty in Mississippi County Circuit Court in Blytheville on Thursday with Second Judicial Circuit Judge Scott Ellington presiding.
Cross pled guilty to 19 counts of distributing, possessing and/or viewing material depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child. Ellington sentenced Cross to 36 months in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
Cross is a former Blytheville police officer.