Gregory Starkie, Crack and Heroin Distribution, North Carolina 2012

Raleigh, NC – A Greenville man has been sentenced to prison for his role in distributing crack cocaine and heroin in Pitt County, North Carolina.

On July 26, 2012, the Greenville Police Department began an investigation into Gregory Starkie, 34, for his involvement in selling crack cocaine. An informant, working with the police, purchased crack cocaine from Starkie on four separate occasions between July 26, 2012, and September 8, 2012.

On May 8, 2013, another informant, working with the Greenville Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, met with Starkie to purchase heroin. Starkie introduced the informant to his uncle, James Edward Starkie, who sold heroin to the informant.

Starkie previously pled guilty to the charges on May 15, 2014. He was sentenced to 96 months in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle on [no date given].

The investigation into Starkie’s activities was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Greenville Police Department. The federal prosecution was handled by Special Assistant United States Attorney Glenn Perry.

Perry is a prosecutor with the Pitt County District Attorney’s Office and has been assigned to the United States Attorney’s Office to prosecute federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force criminal matters.

Starkie’s sentence was enhanced due to his prior state convictions for common law robbery, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and selling cocaine.

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