Taylor County Man Sentenced for Firearms Offense (DOJ)

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - David Allen Starkey, 37, of Flemington, West Virginia, was sentenced to 165 months in federal prison for the unlawful possession of a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, officers were executing an arrest warrant for another defendant for a parole violation at a home in Barbour County. Starkey was hiding inside, where officers also found an assault rifle and a handgun. Starkey has prior drug, burglary, grand larceny, firearms, and battery convictions, prohibiting him from having firearms.

Starkey will serve three years of supervised release after his prison sentence.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Mountain Region Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; the United States Marshals Service; and the Barbour County Sheriff's Office investigated.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.