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Suit over sheriff's sale

The Northeast Investors Group, through its attorney, Roberti & Roberti LLC, Jim Thorpe, has filed a motion to strike a tax claim against the Jim Thorpe Area School District, Carbon County and Kidder Township.The motion states the plaintiff purchased a property located at 47 Red Fox Court, Lake Harmony, for $6,985 on April 10, 2015, the sale having been conducted by the Carbon County Sheriff's Office on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank N.A., against a Richard J. Porta.The plaintiff asserts that after conducting the sale, the Sheriff's Office failed to taxes owed the taking bodies, including $4,861.35 owed the school district for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years, $476.58 owed the county for 2015 and $216.21 owed the township in 2015 taxes.Northeast Investors has asked the court to strike the tax claims on the property.Judgment recordedMidland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, has placed on record a judgment entered in its behalf by Magisterial District Judge Edward M. Lewis against Robert Stidham, 154 South Ave., Jim Thorpe.The judgment was entered on June 11, 2015, in the amount of $3,119.93, including $2,987.93 owed the plaintiff, plus $132 in costs.Action for accountingMatthew T. Weidman, individually, and the Estate of Ray M. Weidman, Washington Court House, Ohio, has filed a writ of summons against Patricia A. Smith, 575 Lehigh Ave., Palmerton, seeking an action of accounting regarding the estate.State lien filedThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg, has filed a lien against Frey's Stainless Steel Welding LLC, 16 White Oak Road, Nesquehoning, seeking taxes, interest and late reporting penalties regarding Unemployment Compensation Fund withholdings by the employer.The judgment is in the amount of $7,420.63, plus $27.35 filing fee costs.Mortgage foreclosuresDeutsche Bank National Trust Company, West Palm Beach, Florida, has filed a complaint in mortgage foreclosure against Andrew D. Stettler, 409 Centre St., Parryville, over a property at that address.The plaintiff is asking the court to enter judgment in its favor in the amount of $102,249.54, plus interest, costs and attorney's fees.Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida, has filed a complaint in mortgage foreclosure against Jason P. Miller and Taryn L. Neeb, 406 South St., Jim Thorpe, over a property at that address.The plaintiff is asking the court to enter judgment in its favor in the amount of $98,115.79, plus interest, costs and attorney's fees.Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas, has filed a complaint in mortgage foreclosure against Robert J. Shubeck and Judy L. Dougherty, 108 W. Mill St., Nesquehoning, over a property at that address.The plaintiff is asking the court to enter judgment in its favor in the amount of $34,797.28, plus interest, costs and attorney's fees.