Mortgageforeclosures

The following actions have been filed as mortgage foreclosures for alleged defaults on loans.First Niagara Bank, c/o 726 Exchange St., Buffalo, N.Y., filed against David S. and Sharon L. McCroskey, 69 Swiss View Road, Lehighton, over property at that address, for $109,152 and continuing interest.PNC Bank, c/o 3232 Newmark Drive, Miamisburg, Ohio, filed against David B. Coonelly, 326 Cypress St., Lehighton, for $95,874 and continuing interest.Nationstar Mortgage, c/o 350 Highland Drive, Lewisville, Texas, filed against James and Kara Aragona, 20 E. Cherokee Trail, Albrightsville, over property at that address. Sought is $154,875 and continuing interest.Federal National Mortgage Association, c/o 3900 Wisconsin Ave., Washington, D.C., filed against Barbara Marra Brosius and Michael Brosius, 548 Larkspur St., Philadelphia, over property at 5 Ash Drive, aka, LTB1B2 Bear Creek Lakes, Jim Thorpe. Sought is $208,064 and continuing interest.Citimortgage Inc., c/o 1000 Technology Drive, O'Fallon, Ohio, filed against Andrea Mazzella, 65 Autumn Lane, Jim Thorpe, and Ida Mazzella, 502 Center St., Jim Thorpe, over property at 709 Yellow Run Road, Jim Thorpe. Sought is $27,129 and continuing interest.Credit defaultsThe following actions were filed by credit card companies, or their collection agencies, for alleged defaults on credit card/loan accounts.Portfolio Recovery Associates, Norfolk, Va., filed eight actions: Chip E. Heister, 313 Railroad Drive, Weatherly, seeking $5,071; Brian Deren, 233 E. Bertsch St., Lansford, seeking $2,924; Dawn Decarlo, 123 Saginaw Drive, Jim Thorpe, seeking $1,601; Leonard T. McFee, 93 Pocahontas Lane, Albrightsville, seeking $1,275; Michael C. Grohe, 160 Church Road, Palmerton, seeking $2,920; Sarah Gallagher and Mira Slizovsky, 349 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe, seeking $2,885; Joseph N. Borger, 160 Ashley Lane, Lehighton, seeking $6,401; and Michelle Schiffino, 226 E. Center St., Nesquehoning, seeking $2,157.LVNV Funding, Greenville, S.C., filed against Sharon Wheeler, 117 Caedman Drive, Albrightsville, seeking $999.Capital One Bank, Glen Allen, Va., filed two actions as follows: Georgios A. Vetsikas, 6 W. Front St., Jim Thorpe, seeking $3,196; and Stephanie M. Stubbs, 913B North St., Weatherly, seeking $928.Fall suitMarianne Gaetano, 245-40 77th Crescent, Bellerose, N.Y., filed a civil action against Marc and Mary Bolton Rochette, aka, Mary Bolton, 722 South Ave., Jim Thorpe.The suit states on Nov. 18, 2012, the plaintiff was on the second floor of a garage/barn located at the above address and owned by the defendants, helping their daughter move items. The plaintiff stepped back on a hatch/doorway which suddenly and without notice gave way and broke causing the plaintiff's left leg to go through the floor and causing the right leg to become contorted causing injuries detailed in the suit.Negligence is alleged and sought are damages in excess of $50,000 plus interest, costs, and fees.Prothonotary's reportA total of 353 cases were started in October in the office of Carbon County Prothonotary Joann M. Behrens, according to a monthly statistical report released by the officeholder:Civil actions, 37; custody complaints, 17; district justice appeals, 3; divorce complaints, 22; complaints in ejectment, 9; license appeals, 4; mortgage foreclosure complaints, 33; name change petitions, 2; protection from abuse petitions, 36; quiet title action, 1; replevin complaint, 1; tax sales, 5; court appointment, 1; judgments, 176; miscellaneous cases, 2; and stipulations/waivers of liens, 4. The office staff also received and processed 45 applications for U.S. passports.Behrens' financial report shows $33,354.34 was generated as follows: prothonotary's fees, $27,380.64; interest income $0.94; custody fee; $700; data processing, $5,172.76; PFA Surcharge, courts, $50; and PFA surcharge, Sheriff; $50.The prothonotary also remitted $5,824.08 to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Revenue, representing state fees collected locally, and $48 to the Administrative Offices of the Pennsylvania Courts, this being surcharges on new custody cases in accordance with Act 119 of 1996. Another $1,292.01 was deposited in the Prothonotary's Automation Fund for future use in automating the office.