CANDLER, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A Winston-Salem man is facing multiple felony charges after a traffic stop on Interstate 40 led to a major fentanyl seizure and a police chase that ended in Buncombe County, according to the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office.
Detectives with the Haywood County Crime Suppression Unit stopped a vehicle Wednesday night near the Haywood-Buncombe County line. Deputies said the driver, identified as Devan Michael, 36, briefly stopped before a female passenger exited the car.
Michael then fled east into Buncombe County, where authorities said he crashed into the porch of a home on Starnes Cove Road in Candler. No injuries were reported…