Councilman avoids home sale, for now
SCRANTON - A sheriff's sale of city Councilman Jack Loscombe's home scheduled for Tuesday has been delayed until June 11, according to a court order entered Friday.
Lackawanna County Judge Vito Geroulo granted Mr. Loscombe's motion for a continuance until the next sheriff's sale, because he is attempting to obtain a loan modification through a county residential mortgage foreclosure diversion program, according to the order.
The proceedings stem from a lawsuit filed last year by the mortgage holder, Bank of America, against Mr. Loscombe and his wife, Susan, owners of the home on Parallel Drive in the West Mountain section, according to a public notice.
Efforts to reach Mr. Los-combe were unsuccessful.