A FORMER ELIZABETHTON BUSINESSMAN CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF METHAMPHETAMINE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS IN FEDERAL PRISON. JOE COFFMAN WAS FOUND GUILTY LAST AUGUST IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE OF CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS 500 GRAMS OR MORE OF METH. HE WAS ALSO CONVICTED OF KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY DISTRIBUTING METH. A JUDGE ORDERED HIM TO SERVE 120 MONTHS IN PRISON AND FIVE YEARS OF SUPERVISED PROBATION UPON HIS RELEASE. COFFMAN WAS ONE OF NINE PEOPLE INDICTED IN A DRUG OPERATION.