Carter County Man Receives Hefty Prison Sentence On Meth Charges

An Elizabethton Tennessee man will spend the next 27 years in prison after being sentenced for pleading guilty to drug conspiracy charges. 52 year old Joseph Bryan Robertson, aka as Chief was originally indicted on a charge of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The conviction was a result of a joint investigation of the Carter County Sheriff’s Office, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Agency, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the FBI. Robertson lead a large group of individuals who were obtaining large quantities of Crystal Methamphetamine from sources in Atlanta and Knoxville and distributing it in northeast Tennessee. Robertson’s 27 year sentence will be followed by five years supervised release. Robertson was previously sentenced in 2006, to serve a 78 month sentence in federal prison on methamphetamine distribution charges.