An Atlanta-based TSA official was detained at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, facing charges tied to a purported family scam. Maxine McManaman, employed by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for 21 years, is accused of forging a document to wrongfully obtain a property owned by her ailing mother.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta, McManaman, who operated as Assistant Federal Security Director, was arrested after returning from vacation on December 28. The arrest comes in the wake of allegations that, she and her father worked together to attempt transfer of the Florida-based family home into their names. Det. Amanda Bukata, from the Port St. Lucie, Fla., Police Department, charged that McManaman and her father signed a quitclaim deed that illegally conveyed the property, reportedly worth $321,500, to themselves.
A quitclaim deed is a legal instrument used to transfer ownership of real estate without any warranty of title. McManaman's brother, Delroy Chambers Jr., claimed his mother has dementia and his father has been exploiting her condition. The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office arrested Chambers Sr., for his alleged involvement in December. He faced charges but was later released on bond, as per information given to FOX 5 Atlanta.
Details emerged from an investigation that began in April after reports of elder abuse surfaced. Chambers Jr., provided evidence that he was in Atlanta and couldn't have signed the deed, police records indicated. "Maxine McManaman and Delroy Chambers, Sr. were determined to have both falsified the quitclaim deed," stated the Port St. Lucie Police Department in a Facebook post reported by NBC News.
While McManaman is on leave pending an investigation, she is being held without bond awaiting extradition to Florida. Facing forgery charges, she exemplifies a staggering breach of trust not only amongst her family, but within her professional sphere, as she remains behind bars. In a phone conversation with FOX 5 Atlanta, Chambers Sr., 80, referred to the situation as "a family thing" and vehemently denied abusing his wife. "All I want is to get my daughter out of (jail)," he told the news outlet. Meanwhile, Chambers Jr. has refrained from public comment regarding his sister's charges, yet the familial discord is laid bare in the charges against them.
