IN THE COUNTY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, EX REL. SOUTH PETITIONER MISSISSIPPI METROPOLITAN ENFORCEMENT TEAM VERSUS CAUSE NO. 2025-22,054 MW NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTEEN RESPONDENTS DOLLARS ($9,513.00) U.S. CURRENCY AND GLOCK 43 9MM (SERIAL # AFCU321) AND RADICAL FIREARMS RF-15 (SERIAL # 24-062981) AND CORNELIUS MICHAEL CLAYTON AND ROSHON LAVALE COOK AND CHRISTOPHER CORNELIUS FLEMING AND DE'QUITON SAVON MERRITT AND JOHN AND JANES DOES I-V THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NOTICE OF FORFEITURE THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO CHRISTOPHER CORNELIUS FLEMING, DE'QUITON SAVON MERRITT, JOHN AND JANE DOES I-V AND NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS ($9,513.00) U.S. CURRENCY AND GLOCK 43 9MM (SERIAL # AFCU321) AND RADICAL FIREARMS RF-15 (SERIAL # 24-062981): You have been made a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by the State of Mississippi, ex rel. South Mississippi Metropolitan Enforcement Team, Petitioner, seeking forfeiture of NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS ($9,513.00) U.S. CURRENCY AND GLOCK 43 9MM (SERIAL # AFCU321) AND RADICAL FIREARMS RF-15 (SERIAL # 24-062981) You are required to mail or hand-deliver a written response to the Petition for Forfeiture filed against you in this action to Angel Myers McIlrath, District Attorney, who is the attorney for Petitioner, whose post office address is P.O. Box 1756, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39568-1756 and whose street address is 3104 Magnolia Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567. YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 18th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION. You must also file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward. Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 13th day of February, 2026. RANDY CARNEY, CIRCUIT CLERK OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI (SEAL) BY: Dana O'Ryan, D.C. Publication Dates: 02/18/2026 02/25/2026 03/04/2026