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Texas trucker gets most cash seized in Pennsylvania back

PITTSBURGH — A Texas trucking company owner who had more than $500,000 in cash seized by the federal government is getting all but $150,000 of it back.

A federal judge in Pittsburgh approved the agreement Tuesday between federal prosecutors and Glenn Marsh, who runs Houston-based trucking company Versatile Enterprise Transportation.

The money was carried in a locked duffel bag in one of the company’s trucks. A security guard at a western Pennsylvania nuclear plant noticed it in 2006 and it was found to contain the cash, which prosecutors said was wrapped in a manner used by drug traffickers.

Marsh denies being involved in a drug ring. His lawyer says agreeing to let the government keep $150,000 was easier than fighting it out in court.

Jerry Breeden of The Trucker staff can be reached for comment at [email protected] .