ORDER OF PUBLICATION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
FAYETTE COUNTY,
WEST VIRGINIA
ANTHONY CILIBERTI, JR., PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, ON BEHALF OF THE CENTRAL REGIONAL DRUG AND VIOLENT CRIME TASK FORCE,
PETITIONER,
VS:
LEE ANN ELKINS,
RESPONDENT,
and
STEVE ELKINS,
RESPONDENT,
and
SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIVE DOLLARS ($6,205.00) UNITED STATES CURRENCY,
RESPONDENT
PROPERTY,
and
2022 CHEVY SILVERADO (VIN No. 1GCPYFED6NZ169660)
RESPONDENT
PROPERTY.
NOTICE OF FILING OF
PETITION FOR FORFEITURE
The object of this suit is to seek and Order forfeiting the herein-described property pursuant to the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act, (Chapter 60A, Article 7, of the West Virginia Code, as amended).
TO: Any claimant of a right or interest in said property.
You have the right to file a claim to the herein-described property on or before March 12, 2024. Any such claim must clearly state the identity of the claimant and an address where legal process can be served upon said claimant.
1. The property seized and subject of this suit is described as follows:
SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIVE DOLLARS ($6,205.00) UNITED STATES CURRENCY, and 2022 CHEVY SILVERADO (VIN No. 1GCPYFED6NZ169660)
2. The law enforcement agency responsible for the seizure is the Central Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.
3. The seizure took place on October 1, 2023 at 11:30 p.m., members of the Central Regional Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, with assistance from the West Virginia State Police and Oak Hill Police Departments’s K-9 unit executed a Search Warrant at 1142 Pea Ridge Road, Oak Hill, Fayette County, West Virginia, after previously conducting two (2) controlled purchases of suspected Heroin, a Schedule I narcotic controlled substance, and/or suspected Fentanyl, a Schedule II carcotic controlled substance, by a cooperating indivual.
4. The subject property was in the possession of Lee Ann Elkins and/or Steve Elkins at the time of said seizure.
5. After the date for filing of said claims, an Order of the Court directing forfeiture of the seized property to the State and vesting ownership of said property in the State shall be sought.
If you fail to file a claim, thereafter an Order, upon proper hearing, may be enterred against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
A copy of said Petition can be obtained from the undersigned Clerk at his office.
E-FILED | 12/28/2023 4:14 PM
CC-10-2023-P-92
Fayette County Circuit Clerk
Travis W. Prince