IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ex rel, WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, MARTINSBURG DETACHMENT Petitioner, VS.
SIX THOUSAND FIVE DOLLARS AND EIGTHY-ONE CENTS ($6,005.81) US CURRENCY AND LOUIS VUITTON LEATHER HANDBAG,
TOBACCO HUT, CHARLES TOWN, WV
Respondent/ Property Owner
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2025-P-97
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The purpose of this action is to obtain the forfeiture of money below described. Any claimant to the property must file a claim in writing with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, West Virginia on or before the 21st day of July, 2025, and serve a true copy on Neil Zahradnik, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Jefferson County, West Virginia. In addition, any claimant must file an additional written notice stating you wish to contest the forfeiture within 30 days. Any claim filed must clearly state the identity of the claimant and address where legal process can be served upon the claimant. The property seized and sought to be forfeited in this action is: Six Thousand Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($6,005.81) and a Louis Vuitton Leather Handbag.
“The Confiscated property is subject to administrative forfeiture unless you provide written notice, within 30 days of receipt of this notice, that you wish to contest the forfeiture. If you fail to provide a notice to the Prosecuting Attorney, you will immediately and forever lose all right, claim, title and interest to the confiscated items, and it will be disposed of according to law.”
The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of Jefferson County, West Virginia will seek an Order from the Circuit Court directing the forfeiture of the above described property to the State of West Virginia investing ownership of said property to the West Virginia State Police, Martinsburg Detachment, in open court in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, West Virginia, sitting in Charles Town, on or after the 29th day of August, 2025.
Tina Renner, Clerk
Circuit Court of Jefferson County, West Virginia
By: S. Combs, Deputy Clerk
6/26/2