A KINGSPORT MAN WHO PLED GUILTY EARLIER IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE TO POSSESSING DRUGS HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 42 YEAR OLD ELLIOTT LOPEZ PLED GUILTY TO BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND KNOWLINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY POSSESSING WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FIVE GRAMS OR MORE OF CRACK COCAINE. LOPEZ WAS ORDERED TO SERVE 15 YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS IN PRISON. UPON HIS RELEASE, HE’S TO BE ON SUPERVISED PROBATION FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS.