In 2005 and 2006 the sheriff's office seized two of Milton's properties and sold these at auction.

Under court orders, Mr. Kuriansky's office has seized from $5 million to $6 million in assets held by the Weinberg family.

In October 2000 the prosecutor general's office seized three helicopters from the company, two of which were in too poor condition to fly.

The office seized cocaine and heroin with a street value of nearly $90 million last year.

The Frankfurt prosecutor's office last week began a criminal investigation against the company and seized its records.

Last year his office seized six aircraft, 12 boats, 156 pieces of property, $19 million in cash and much more in jewelry, cars and weapons.

Governor Pataki's office immediately seized that as evidence that the waiver would be approved, clearly hoping to defuse a potentially difficult situation for the governor.

Ms. Brunner's office temporarily seized control of that county's board of elections.

He said the prime minister's office was already seizing the moment with an expanded job recruitment drive for neighborhood residents.

Mr. Morgenthau said his office had seized documents that contained references to Parmalat.