A former Piggott Band Instructor was sentenced to nearly 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to one county of distribution of child pornography.

Tracy Meadows of Jonesboro had been arrested in January 2006 after an undercover investigator received numerous computer files with images of children involved in sexually explicit behavior.

When police searched Meadow’s computer, they found 3,700 images of child pornography, many of which showed children under the age of 12 being subjected to sadistic and/or masochistic activity.

At the time of the incident, Meadows was a band instructor at the Piggott School District and the music director for First Baptist Church in Rector, Arkansas.

After Meadows is released from prison, he will be supervised for ten years. During this time, he will undergo mental health counseling; he will be required to register as a sex offender; and he will not be allowed access to the internet during his supervised release.

He will also not be able to come into contact with children.