A KINGSPORT MAN WHO PLED GUILTY TO POSSESSING DRUGS HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TIME BEHIND BARS IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE. 42 YEAR OLD ELLIOTT ELLIS LOPEZ ADMITTED 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 IS TO BE ON SUPERVISED PROBATION FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHT YEARS. LOPEZ COULD HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.