A JOHNSON CITY MAN WHO WHO PLED GUILTY TO FIREARMS CHARGES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. ERNEST CANIPE ADMITTED TO UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS AFTER BEING FOUND WITH A FIREARM IN HIS POSSESSION. A FEDERAL JURDER ORDERED HIM TO SPEND 192 MONTHS BEHIND BARS WITH FIVE YEARS OF SUPERVISED PROBATION UPON HIS RELEASE. YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT CANIPE FACED STATE CHARGES AFTER DYNAMITE WENT OFF IN A STORAGE BUILDING BEHIND HIS HOUSE IN SULFER SPRINGS IN 2005. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THAT, POLICE WERE CALLED TO HIS HOME ON A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE. HE ALLEGEDLY CAME AT THEM WITH A KNIFE AND THEN TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE BY CUTTING HIS NECK. HE RECEIVED 27 YEARS OF HOUSE ARREST IN STATE COURT BUT WAS CAUGHT A SHORT TIME LATER WITH A HANDGUN AND AMMO IN HIS CAR.