FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY

JEFFREY LANGLEY

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

NOTICE OF SEIZURE OF PERSONAL PORPERTY

VALUED AT LESS THAN $25,000.00

Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 16-13-49(n), any party claiming an interest in the following property is hereby notified that on the 18th day of November, 2012, said property was seized by the undersigned agency in White County, Georgia.

Property Seized:

PROPERTY ONE: Eight Hundred and Thirty-nine Dollars ($839.00) in U.S. Currency

Conduct giving rise to said seizure:

Said property was found in the possession of FRANKLIN ANTHONY CASTILLO, and was, directly or indirectly, used or intended for use to facilitate the manufacture, possession, possession with intent to distribute, and/or distribution and sale of MARIJUANA, was found in close proximity to a quantity of MARIJUANA, or was the proceeds of said illegal activity, in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Further, the said currency and marijuana were seized from the person of FRANKLIN ANTHONY CASTILLO, at the time of the seizure, in White County, Georgia.

The owner(s) of said property is (are) purported to be:

Franklin Anthony Castillo

154 Ridgewood Avenue

Farmingville, NY 11738

Any party claiming an interest in said property is hereby further notified that you must file any claim in accordance with O.C.G.A. 16-13-49(n) within 30 days of the second publication of this Notice of Seizure in the White County News, a newspaper of general circulation and the legal organ of this county, by serving said claim to the undersigned seizing agency and the District Attorney by certified mail, return receipt requested.

This __ day of ______, 2013.

JEFFREY LANGLEY

District Attorney

By:

Cathy A. Cox-Brakefield

Chief Assistant District Attorney

Enotah Judicial Circuit

Union County Courthouse

65 Courthouse Street, Box 6

Blairsville, Georgia 30512

(706) 439-6027

SEIZING AGENCY:

Appalachian Drug Task Force

Agent D. Usher

P. O. Box 188

Cleveland, Georgia 30528

(706) 348-7410

(3C-1/17-1/31/13)

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