I-95 Crash Leaves Man Busted In Stafford

STAFFORD, VA — Two men plundered a 7-Eleven on Jefferson Davis Highway, got into a stolen silver SUV and led police on a high-speed Interstate 95 chase that ended miles later when it crashed off an exit and went through trees and a fence before coming to a rest in a Barnes and Noble parking lot, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.

The passenger got away but the driver didn't. Carlton Morris Paige, Jr., 19, of Sabillasville, Md., was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, speed to elude, shoplifting, reckless driving and numerous other traffic offenses. The Virginia State Police arrested him for numerous charges in Fairfax County. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. Also, like us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

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Around 3:45 a.m. Saturday, police responded to the convenience store at 2143 Jefferson Davis Highway responded to a reported theft. The clerk said two men had just run out of the place with red baskets full of stolen goods, hopped in an SUV and headed north on Route 1. An officer in the area saw a vehicle that matched the description, hit his lights and tried to pull it over. Instead, the SUV sped up and got onto I-95 North.

The officer followed him from mile marker 143 to mile marker 152 before backing off because of increasing traffic. A Virginia State Police trooper picked up the chase at the 160 mile marker. The vehicle crashed off exit 169. The stolen good were inside.

The driver initially gave the trooper a New Jersey license that identified him as Dakwon Burgess but after he was fingerprinted, his true identity was revealed. Police looked for the passenger on the scene with a helicopter and K-9 units to no avail. The vehicle had been reported stolen out of Prince William County.

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