FIRST INSERTION
NOTICE OF ACTION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
CIVIL DIVISION
CASE NO.: 26-CA-1189
IN RE: FORFEITURE OF
$41,191.00 U.S. CURRENCY
TO ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBED:
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act has been filed by PETITIONER CARMINE MARCENO, as Sheriff of Lee County in the Circuit Court of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit in and for Lee County, Florida requesting that the $41,191.00 U.S. Currency be forfeited to the Petitioner, SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO, for the use and benefit of the LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
You are further advised that the LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE is presently holding the above described $41,191.00 U.S. Currency.
You are required to file a copy of your written defenses, if any, to said forfeiture action on JOHN HOLLOWAY, Petitioners attorney, whose address is Lee County Sheriffs Department, Legal Division, 14750 Six Mile Cypress Parkway, Fort Myers, Florida 33912, by mail within 30 days of first publication, and file the original with Clerk of the Court either before service on Petitioners attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Dated this 4TH day of MARCH, 2026.
Kevin C. Karnes
Clerk of Court
(SEAL) By: K Harris
Deputy Clerk
John Holloway, Esquire
LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
LEGAL DIVISION
14750 Six Mile Cypress Parkway
Fort Myers, Florida 33912
(239) 477-1294
E-mail: JHolloway@SheriffLeeFL.org
Secondary:
E.Service@SheriffLeeFL.org
By: John Holloway
John Holloway
Florida Bar No.: 376840
March 6, 13, 2026 26-00912L