Ex-band director pleads guilty to sex crime charges

Mitchell Lance Britt was arrested two years ago on several charges, including first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and sexual offense with a student.

He pleaded guilty under an Alford plea, in which a defendant maintains his innocence but admits it is in his best interest to enter a plea because there is sufficient evidence that could find him guilty.

He received 45 days in jail.

Britt resigned from West Johnston High Schol in Benson in November 2009 after seven years at the school.