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Green Bay — Defensive tackle Letroy Guion received his truck and $190,000 in cash back from a Florida police department after authorities seized it when they found three-quarters of a pound of marijuana, the money and a gun inside the vehicle during a traffic stop in February.

Starke police Capt. Barry Warren said Tuesday the case had been settled and both the truck and money were returned to Guion. Warren did not immediately have details of the settlement.

Guion's attorney and the city attorney for Starke did not return calls for comment Tuesday evening.

The news was first reported by ESPN.

“They were very gracious about it,” Guion's attorney, Robert Rush, told ESPN. “They returned his truck in perfect condition and every dollar in cash, which was kind of comical.”

Rush told ESPN he picked up the property last week.

The resolution comes roughly two months after Phillip Pena, circuit judge for the eighth judicial district, rejected a move to dismiss the case. Wrote Pena: "That is strong evidence that the currency was intended to be furnished in return for drugs and is not typical of a legitimate business transaction.”

Pena wrote that the seizure was "excessive" given the cash and the $70,000 truck were worth far more than the $5,000 fine Guion paid after pleading no contest to possession of marijuana, but he explained that the motion filed in the forfeiture case did not allow him to dismiss the matter on that basis.

Guion's conviction from the traffic stop was withheld.

“It kind of rejuvenates me,” Guion told ESPN on Tuesday. “It gives me my sense of character back and gives me my juice back. I’m all excited and ready to go. Things are getting back to normal. All the smoke is starting to clear.

He continued: "The money was from my paychecks. Hard work, earned money that they decided to take from me. I proved it with bank statements. Every check I cashed, I had proof of it. In the end, they would’ve been violating my Eighth Amendment rights had they not (given it back).”



Before his February arrest, Guion faced a stalking charge as well as three counts of battery stemming from a pair of domestic violence issues during his time with the Minnesota Vikings. The charges were dropped in two of the criminal cases. Guion paid restitution in the third and avoided additional punishment.

Guion returned to the field for the Packers on Oct. 4 after serving a three-game suspension imposed by the NFL.