{"id":43531,"date":"2025-11-12T08:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/43531\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:40:17","slug":"florida-motorcyclist-carrying-over-24-grams-of-fentanyl-arrested-after-traffic-stop-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/43531\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida motorcyclist carrying over 24 grams of fentanyl arrested after traffic stop, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BUNNELL, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1872438340344406\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Flagler County Sheriff\u2019s Office said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Flagler County Sheriff\u2019s Office said<\/a> it arrested a Florida man accused of trafficking fentanyl after a traffic stop on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An FCSO deputy initiated the traffic stop on a black Harley-Davidson motorcycle after reports of inconsistencies with the license plate and registered owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The motorcycle operator, David Burley, provided deputies with a vehicle registration and title, belonging to a different motorcycle. The motorcycle has an expired registration under a different name, FCSO said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies said Burley purchased the motorcycle through a third party without properly registering it after speaking with the previously registered owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Body camera footage showed Burley pleading with deputies not to take him to jail as a deputy explained the reason for his arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to body camera footage, a deputy located a loaded pistol and over 24 grams of fentanyl in his jacket pocket and $2,307 in cash in his possession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">FCSO said Burley was arrested on suspicion of trafficking in fentanyl, carrying a concealed firearm during the commission of a felony operating an unregistered motor vehicle and attaching an unassigned license plate to a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe had enough fentanyl to potentially kill 12,200 people,\u201d Sheriff Rick Staly said. \u201cThat\u2019s the population of Bunnell, Flagler Beach, Beverly Beach and Marineland combined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Burley was transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and is being held without bond. The cash and motorcycle were seized for forfeiture, FCSO said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">FCSO said Burley is \u201cno stranger to law enforcement\u201d with previous arrests for drug possession, drug trafficking, disorderly intoxication, tampering with evidence, obstruction and domestic battery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUNNELL, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The Flagler County Sheriff\u2019s Office said it arrested a Florida man accused of trafficking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28619,28621,1069,28620,28,30,29,28622],"class_list":["post-43531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-david-burley","tag-fcso","tag-fentanyl","tag-flagler-county-sheriffs-office","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-motorcycle-operator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}