A Muscatine man has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison after admitting to possessing a firearm while prohibited as a felon.
According to public court documents, Robert Owen Knapp III, 33, was arrested in May 2024 after fleeing on foot during an attempted traffic stop while carrying a pistol. Officers apprehended Knapp and recovered the firearm he was holding at the time of his arrest.
Knapp was on federal supervised release stemming from a 2017 conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. His actions in the 2024 incident led to the revocation of his supervised release.
U.S. District Court officials sentenced Knapp to 58 months in federal prison, followed by a four-year term of supervised release. In addition, his prior supervised release was revoked, and he received a consecutive nine-month prison term for that violation.
There is no parole in the federal system.
United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa announced the sentence, noting the investigation was conducted by the Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office.