A former Missouri police officer must serve 20 years in federal prison in a Texas child pornography case.
Erik Miltonhall was sentenced in Fort Worth.
Prosecutors on Tuesday announced the penalty for the 40-year-old Miltonhall, who in August pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography.
Investigators say Miltonhall in 2014 stayed with a friend in Arlington and used that person's computer to transmit child pornography.
Records show Miltonhall was hired as a police officer in Ellington, Missouri, in October 2008 and resigned in April 2009. Ellington is a town of about 1,000, located 120 miles southwest of St. Louis.
Miltonhall was sentenced Dec. 10.
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