City of Sarasota v. Polanco

DAVIS, Judge.

The City of Sarasota (“the City”) challenges the trial court’s final order finding that Bradley Polanco had standing to challenge the forfeiture of a 2002 Cadillac Es-calade and that the City did not establish probable cause for the forfeiture. We reverse.

The instant forfeiture stems from an incident in which Peter Hoffman was arrested for drug trafficking following a controlled drug purchase conducted by Sarasota police officers. Hoffman arrived at his meetings with the officers in a 2002 Cadillac Escalade. Following his arrest, the Escalade was seized. The certificate of title…