A North Carolina man who crashed on Interstate 95 in Virginia with more than 4,500 baggies of fentanyl in his Jeep will spend 25 years in prison.
Jaron James Starkey, 35, of Charlotte, was involved in a single-vehicle accident in Caroline County on Sept. 17, 2023, according to court documents.
Multiple drivers had reported his erratic driving to Virginia State Police, which discovered his crashed Jeep and found Starkey alone in the vehicle, speaking incoherently with bloodshot eyes.
Starkey was transported to the Mary Washington Hospital emergency room.
Upon approaching the vehicle, the responding officers observed thousands of glassine baggies, each of which appeared to contain a white powder, scattered throughout Starkey’s car.
A total of 4,497 blue glassine baggies collected contained parafluorofentanyl, with a net weight of 122 grams. Also in the vehicle were 120 white glassine baggies containing fentanyl.
Starkey, according to court documents, has 21 prior convictions as an adult, including two previous drug trafficking convictions, convictions for possessing firearms as a convicted felon, and conspiracy to commit burglary, among others.
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