A Brooklyn woman who claims to be a victim of deed theft allegedly kidnapped her missing dad — and is collecting his social security checks — according to his Georgia conservator who made the shocking claim in court Thursday.
Carmella Charrington showed up to court without her dad, Allman, 84, who suffers from Alzheimer’s and is technically a ward of the state of Georgia — despite demands and promises that he would appear in Brooklyn Supreme Court and be returned to his home in Georgia after leaving three years ago.
Instead of her dad, roughly 15 supporters showed up, and were so disruptive to the proceedings that a handful were removed by court officers, who beefed up their numbers in anticipation.
When she showed up father-less at a court date last month, she spent the next five days in Rikers.
Her stint in lock-up culminated in an anti-eviction protest outside the contested Bed-Stuy home where Councilmember Chi Osse was arrested on April 22.
Osse, who had appeared at prior hearings, was a no-show on Thursday.
His office did not respond to a request for comment.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Rachel Freier demanded to know where Allman was, but never got a clear answer from his daughter’s attorney, Tricia Lindsay.
“He’s been living in New York for over two years at 212 Jefferson St.,” Lindsay said.
“Is he there now?” Freier said, cutting her off.
“Well, your honor,” Lindsay replied, “Ms. Charrington is here now, so someone has to be with him.”
While Carmella claims she and her father are victims of deed theft, the state of Georgia says her father is a victim of kidnapping.
“Carmella orchestrated the abduction of Allman Charrington,” said attorney David Laniado, representing the state of Georgia, who demanded the court place her back in custody.
Laniado said sheriffs looking for Allman have been unable to find him, and claimed he “is being ping-pong’d from house to house.”
“She has defied openly and notoriously the Court’s orders and refuses to produce him.”
“I’ve never had a family member abscond with an incapacitated family member before,” claimed Georgia conservator, attorney Luanne Bonnie.
“I’ve never seen it, the state of Georgia’s never seen it.”
But Carmella had no issues producing her pops to the local social security office to collect his checks, Bonnie claimed in court.
“An investigation was started by the Social Security Administration and they found out that Carmella charrington keeps taking him to the Social Security office and picking up his check,” Bonnie said, adding that the SSA had suspended his payments as a result.
Records show the Jefferson Street property has a complicated history, but was ultimately bought by a company, 227 Group LLC, for $1.4 million in a sale that was approved by Bonnie.
But Charrington claims that Bonnie broke the law by signing off on the sale and never filed documents showing where the $1.4 million went.
State Attorney General Letita James said that the case “technically” wasn’t deed theft, and her office’s investigation concluded it was a property dispute between the heirs and relatives of the home’s former co-owners.
After Osse’s arrest last month, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced an office to combat deed theft through the Department of Finance.
