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LEGAL NOTICE

SUZANNE M. GODENSWAGER

ATTORNEY AT LAW

1213 Prospect Ave., Suite 300

Cleveland, Ohio 44115

Telephone: (216) 373-1001

IN THE COURT OF

COMMON PLEAS,

MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO

120 Market Street

Youngstown, Ohio 44503-1751

Case No. 2025 CV 01359

ATHENE ANNUITY AND LIFE COMPANY

PLAINTIFF,

VS.

BLACK HAMMER HOLDINGS LLC D/B/A BLACK HAMMER HOLDINGS, LLC, ET AL

DEFENDANTS.

Kentrell C. Lindsey, whose last known address is 909 Gravier St., Apt 3004, New Orleans, LA 70112, and Loan Funder LLC Series 62503 whose last known address is c/o Telos Legal Corp., S/A 145 Baker Street, Marion, OH 43302, and who cannot be served, will take notice that on May 27, 2025, Plaintiff filed a Complaint for Money, Foreclosure and other Equitable Relief in the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas, Mahoning County, Ohio, Case No. 2025 CV  01359 against Kentrell C. Lindsey, Loan Funder LLC Series 62503, and others as Defendants, alleging that Black Hammer Holdings LLC  d/b/a Black Hammer Holdings, LLC is in default for all payments from April 1, 2024; that on December 4, 2023, Black Hammer Holdings LLC  d/b/a Black Hammer Holdings, LLC, executed and delivered a certain Mortgage Deed in which said Defendant agreed, among other things, to pay the Note and to comply with all of the terms of the Mortgage Deed hereinafter described, which Mortgage Deed was filed in the Recorder's Office of Mahoning County, Ohio on December 5, 2023, recorded in Instrument No. Volume 6602, Page 582 and recorded in Trumbull County on December 14, 2023 in Instrument Number 202312140020357 that, further, the balance due on the Note is $464,271.22 with interest at the rate of 9.250000% per annum from April 1, 2024 and at a default rate of 23.00% thereafter, that to secure the payment of the Note, executed and delivered a certain Mortgage Deed to and thereby conveying, in fee simple, the following described premises: 

PERMANENT PARCEL NOS.: 46-007-0-068.000; 53-129-0-029.000; 53-106-0-542.000; 39-028975 and 39-105120

Commonly known as: 159 Monroe Street, Campbell, Ohio 44405; 539 Almyra Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44511; 1508 Stewart Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44505; 2230 Hamilton Street, Southwest, Warren, Ohio 44485 and 1539 West Avenue, Northwest, Warren, Ohio 44483.

and further alleging that the aforesaid Mortgage is a valid and subsisting first and best lien upon said premises after the lien of the Treasurer; that the Note is in default, whereby the conditions set forth in the Note and Mortgage have been broken, that the Mortgage has become absolute and that Plaintiff is entitled, therefore, to have the Mortgage foreclosed, the premises sold, and the proceeds applied in payment of Plaintiff's claims; that the Defendants, Kentrell C. Lindsey and Loan Funder LLC Series 62503, among others, may have or claim to have some interest in or lien upon said premises; that all of the Defendants are required to set forth any claim, lien or interest in or upon the premises that he, she, or it may have or claim to have or be forever barred therefrom; that Plaintiff's Mortgage be declared to be a valid and subsisting first and best lien upon said premises after the lien of the Treasurer, if any, that its Mortgage be foreclosed; that all liens be marshaled; that the equity of redemption of all Defendants be forever cut off, barred, and foreclosed; that upon the sale of said premises the proceeds be paid to Plaintiff to satisfy the amount of its existing lien and the interest, together with its disbursements, advancements, and costs herein expended; and for such other and further relief to which is may be entitled in equity or at law.

Defendants are further notified that they are required to answer the Complaint on or before the 21st day of October, 2025, which includes twenty-eight (28) days from the last publishing, or judgment may be rendered as prayed for therein.

SUZANNE M. GODENSWAGER

Attorney for Plaintiff.

Sep 9, 16, 23, 2025

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