A Butler Township family and prosecutors indicated Tuesday that they are ready to go to trial to determine who should get $87,712 that authorities seized during a drug raid at the family's home in 2019.

On Sept. 13, 2019, county narcotics officers raided a house on East Muntz Avenue, where three people lived, and allegedly found 494 THC cartridges, a little more than one pound of marijuana, 10 vials of THC wax and three plastic baggies of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Additionally, MDMA, also known as ecstasy or molly, and LSD were allegedly found.

Authorities said they also turned up $87,712 in cash, and prosecutors said this money was made through illegal means.

The home's residents — Nicanor Andrada, 41; his wife, Yolanda C. Andrada, 40; and her son, Gavin J. Hunter, 22 — are facing felony drug charges but argue that the money should be returned to them. In filings, they argue that the money was made through legal employment.

In preparation for taking this matter before the court, the family filed income tax returns. Assistant District Attorney Ben Simon declined to share what the tax returns revealed, but told Judge Timothy McCune on Tuesday that the prosecution is ready to take this matter to trial. Defense attorneys with the Andrada family also said they were ready for that.

For now, Butler County, like most of the state and country, is not summoning jurors over coronavirus concerns.

In court documents over the government's seizure of the cash, Simon wrote that the money was found near the marijuana and THC vapor cartridges, and that the money was used or intended to be used for drug deals. Simon concludes that the money is contraband and subject to being confiscated by the government.

In Nicanor Andrada's challenge, written through his attorney, David Shrager, he maintains that “while drugs were found in the home, (Nicanor Andrada) denies any illegal transactions taking place at the residence where the currency was seized.”

McCune said he would schedule the case for another conference before moving it forward.