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gambling paraphernalia; (2) keys to petitioner’s safety deposit
box at Carolina First Bank; and (3) a total of $63,589 in cash,
all of which was seized. The cash was discovered in the
following amounts and locations in petitioners’ residence:
(1) $46,814 in a safe in the betting room; (2) $3,516 in the
kitchen; (3) $1,259 in Mrs. Hackworth’s purse; and (4) $12,000 in
Mrs. Hackworth’s closet in the master bedroom. Also on or about
this date, GCSO officers executed a search warrant on the Sand
Trap and discovered and seized gambling paraphernalia, $10,705 in
cash from a back room safe, and $81 in cash from behind the bar
that was part of a betting pool.
On or about September 8, 1999, GCSO officers executed a
search warrant on petitioner’s safety deposit box at Carolina
First Bank and discovered and seized $90,900 in cash contained
therein. With this seizure, GCSO had seized a total of $165,275
in cash from petitioners.
On September 30, 1999, petitioner voluntarily consented to
forfeit to the State of South Carolina $152,016 of the cash that
had been seized by GCSO in connection with his arrest and the
execution of the search warrants described above by signing and
dating a document entitled “CONSENT FORFEITURE OF MONIES DERIVED
FROM GAMBLING” (consent form). The consent form provided, in
pertinent part, as follows:
Defendant’s/respondent’s property was seized as a
result of an investigation and arrest of the defendant
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