BURBANK : Actor Charged on Drug, Gun Counts

Former child actor Todd Bridges was charged this week with felony drug and firearms violations, Burbank police said.

Bridges, 27, of Sun Valley was arrested Dec. 29 while driving in Burbank. Officers found methamphetamine, or “speed,” and a loaded 9-millimeter handgun in his car, police said. He is expected to be arraigned Jan. 14 in Burbank Municipal Court.

The onetime co-star of the television show “Diff’rent Strokes” said afterward that he borrowed the car and was not aware of what was inside.

He was charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance and one count of transporting a controlled substance while armed with a handgun. If convicted of both counts, he could face up to nine years in prison, Detective Craig Ratliff said.