A MEADOWVIEW VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF PASING COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME IN A FEDERAL PRISON. A FEDERAL JUDGE IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON ORDERED 48 YEAR OLD HOWARD BRADLEY MAYFIELD TO SPEND 18 MONTHS IN PRISON. MAYFIELD TOLD THE JUDGE ABOUT HIS GOOD DEEDS FOR THE COMMUNITY FROM HIS DAYS AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AS WELL AS HEAD START VOLUNTEER AND LITTLE LEAGUE COACH. BUT JUDGE JAMES JONES WAS NOT EASILY PURSUATED. MAYFIELD PLED GUILTY LAST JULY TO PASSING COUNTERFEIT BILLS. HE ALLEGEDLY PRINTED AND USED THE MONEY IN MARCH OF 2007. JUDGE JONES SAYS HE HOPES MAYFIELD WILL CHANGE HIS LIFE.