In re $75,000.00 U.S. Currency

MARY J. BOYLE, J.:

{¶ 1} Claimant-appellant, Brian Katz, appeals the trial court's judgment, ordering the forfeiture of the $75,000 seized from him on March 11, 2016. On appeal, he raises two assignments of error for our review:

1. The court erred when it denied the motion to suppress and for the return of illegally seized property.

2. Given the state cannot seize money from an individual, with or without probable cause, and require the person from whom it was seized to prove it was lawfully acquired, it follows the court erred when it forfeited this money to the state.

{¶ 2} Finding no merit to…