Commonwealth v. $17,182.00 U.S. Currency

OPINION BY

Judge McCULLOUGH.

Curtis King (King) appeals from the July 15, 2011, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court), granting the Commonwealth’s petition for forfeiture and denying King’s motion for return of property. We reverse.

On April 5, 2010, King, a New York resident, was traveling east on Interstate Route 80 toward New York City when Trooper Mark Conrad stopped him for an alleged motor vehicle code violation. During the traffic stop, Trooper Conrad observed that King had only a single key in the ignition and that the car was registered to someone other than…