Poplar Bluff man charged with possession, promoting child porn

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KBSI) – A Poplar Bluff man faces possession and promoting child pornography charges.

Joshua D. McKnight, 46, of Poplar Bluff faces three counts of possession of child pornography and one count of promoting child pornography.

In March of 2024, while conducting an online child pornography investigation, investigators with the Special Victim’s Unit of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control identified a device associated with the internet account of McKnight. Investigators say that account had distributed digital files identified as child pornography.

On April 9, investigators executed a Butler County search warrant at McKnight’s home in Poplar Bluff.

During the search, investigators say they found digital files of child pornography, located on electronic devices, inside the home.

McKnight was arrested and taken to the Butler County Jail.

On April 10, the Butler County Prosecuting Attorney formally charged McKnight with three counts of possession of child pornography and one count of promoting child pornography.

He is being held in the Butler County Jail with a $100,000 bond.