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Bobb'e Thompson, a child star best known for sitcoms such as "The Tracy Morgan Show" and "That's So Raven," has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.
Thompson – whose listed age is 30 and who previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person on Sept. 16 – was sentenced in Iowa federal court to 30 months in prison and two years of supervised release, according to court documents obtained by USA TODAY Sept. 20.
USA TODAY has reached out to Thompson's public defender for comment.
Thompson allegedly had a loaded pistol that was reported stolen in his car when he was pulled over by a state trooper while driving 104 miles per hour in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, on Sept. 22, 2025, according to prosecutors.
A grand jury indicted him on Jan. 14, and he entered a guilty plea on April 28.
Thompson's 2.5-year sentence will be served consecutively with "any term of imprisonment that may be imposed" by other pending criminal cases in Washington and Missouri, according to U.S. District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand's judgment.
Strand recommended that Thompson be incarcerated in a federal prison in Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas or "a Bureau of Prisons facility as close to the defendant's family as possible."
According to prosecutors, Thompson was previously convicted of battery with serious bodily injury as well as assault with force in Los Angeles in January 2020. In 2022, he was convicted of prohibited possession of a firearm in LA.
